Domestic Policies

Former Education Minister and Bratislava Ex-mayor Milan Ftacnik Dies at 64

Bratislava, May 14 (TASR) – Former education minister and former mayor of Bratislava Milan Ftacnik has died at the age of 64, his daughter Lucia Celovska confirmed for TASR on Friday.

During his professional career Ftacnik served as executive coordinator of the Culture 2000 Virtual Heart of Central Europe project. The final post that he held was chairman of the Slovak Information Society. He was a member of the Government Council for the Digitisation of Public Administration and Single Digital Market and also the education minister’s advisor for preparing the National Education Development Programme.

Bratislava Transport Museum Opens Exhibition to Mark 110 Years of Vienna Tramway

The Slovak Technical Museum - the Transport Museum in Bratislava on Thursday opened an exhibition to mark 110 years since the launch of the Vienna Tramway.

Takac: Police Launch Criminal Investigation, Infested Wood Being Extracted Urgently

The police have already launched a criminal investigation regarding the failure to address the bark-beetle infestation in Banska Bystrica region, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac, who filed a criminal complaint in this connection in May, told a news conference on Monday.

President Appoints Dusan Keketi as Tourism and Sport Minister

President Zuzana Caputova appointed Dusan Keketi as Tourism and Sport Minister on Friday.

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