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SHMU: Significant and Widespread Lack of Precipitation Persists, Drought Deepens

SHMU: Significant and Widespread Lack of Precipitation Persists, Drought Deepens

Bratislava, February 25 (TASR) - A significant and widespread lack of precipitation and the related below-average water reserves bound in the snow cover persist at the end of February, the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU) posted on a social network on Tuesday. The unusual course of this year's winter

RUVZ Records Increase in Incidence of Hepatitis A in Bratislava Region

RUVZ Records Increase in Incidence of Hepatitis A in Bratislava Region

Bratislava, December 19 (TASR) - The Regional Public Health Office (RUVZ) in Bratislava has recorded an increase in the number of cases of hepatitis A in Bratislava region, with 24 of them reported in December, TASR has learnt from the office's spokeswoman Katarina Nosalova. "The highest age-specific

President Lights Up Christmas Tree in front of Presidential Palace

President Lights Up Christmas Tree in front of Presidential Palace

Bratislava, December 6 (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini has lit up a Christmas tree in front of the Presidential Palace, doing so with dozens of children from the Primary Art School in Secovce (Kosice region) and the Primary School in Komarno (Nitra region), TASR was told by the President Office&

Statistics Office: Almost 40.000 Inhabitants of Slovakia Live in Shacks

Statistics Office: Almost 40.000 Inhabitants of Slovakia Live in Shacks

Bratislava, December 1 (TASR) - Slovakia has 5,115 shacks with almost 40,000 inhabitants, according to a publication called 'Hidden Stories of the Census', which is based on the processing of data from the 2021 Census, published by the Statistics Office. These objects were identified using statistical

World-class Neurologist Pavel Traubner Dies Aged 83

World-class Neurologist Pavel Traubner Dies Aged 83

Bratislava, November 15 (TASR) - Professor Pavel Traubner died at the age of 83 in Bratislava before midnight on Thursday (November 14), the Central Association of Jewish Religious Communities (UZZNO), of which Traubner was the honorary chairman, posted on a social network on Friday. The Jewish association pointed out that

Body of Slovak Climber Ondrej Huserka Retrieved

Body of Slovak Climber Ondrej Huserka Retrieved

Langtang/Bratislava, November 7 (TASR) - The body of Slovak mountain climber Ondrej Huserka, who was killed last week while descending from the 7,000-metre-plus Langtang Lirung mountain in Nepal, has been found and retrieved from a crevasse in the Himalayas, the Slovak Mountaineering Union JAMES has announced via a

Liptovsky Mikulas Declares State of Emergency in Connection with Bears

Liptovsky Mikulas Declares State of Emergency in Connection with Bears

Liptovsky Mikulas, October 6 (TASR) - The Liptovsky Mikulas District Office (Zilina region) declared on Saturday (October 5) a state of emergency in the district in connection with the occurrence of a synanthropic [synanthropic - an undomesticated animal that lives in close association with people and benefits from their activities