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Activists Distributing 100,000 Manuals for Undecided Voters

Activists Distributing 100,000 Manuals for Undecided Voters

Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) – Activists from an initiative called ‘There’s Much to Play for’ have launched a tour of Slovakia with around 100,000 manuals designed for undecided voters to urge them to take part in the March 5 general election, TASR learnt on Tuesday. According to initiative head

VW Completes Building for New Body Shop, Begins Installing Equipment

VW Completes Building for New Body Shop, Begins Installing Equipment

Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) – Around €500 million is the price tag of a new body shop at the Volkswagen plant in Bratislava, Volkswagen Slovakia spokesman Vladimir Machalik told TASR on Tuesday. A new building for the body shop has already been completed, with the latest welding technologies and some 500

Fico: Water Is National Heritage, Government Won't Give Way to EC

Fico: Water Is National Heritage, Government Won't Give Way to EC

Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) – My Government is determined to advocate a constitutional ban on water exports, due to which the European Commission (EC) launched an infringement procedure against Slovakia in late 2015, said Prime Minister Robert Fico on Tuesday. “We want the EC to respect the fact that drinking water

Adamco's Life Sentence for Murder of Nistor Confirmed

Adamco's Life Sentence for Murder of Nistor Confirmed

Bratislava, February 23 (TASR) – Head of Zemplin-based crime group Branislav Adamco had his life sentence for the murder of Arpad Nistor and other crimes confirmed by a three-member senate of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, TASR learnt on the same day. At a public session on Tuesday, held under stringent

New Tourism Project to Link Slovak Zemplin and Ukraine's Zakarpattia

New Tourism Project to Link Slovak Zemplin and Ukraine's Zakarpattia

Michalovce, February 23 (TASR) – Zakarpattia Oblast, with its main centre in Uzhhorod in Ukraine, and the Slovak informal region of Zemplin will be connected by a crossborder project focused on supporting tourism and information flows between the regions, Michalovce (Kosice region) town hall spokesperson Iveta Paleckova informed TASR on Tuesday.

Unemployment in All Trencin Districts under National Average in January

Unemployment in All Trencin Districts under National Average in January

Trencin, February 23 (TASR) – The average unemployment rate in Trencin region in January was 7.71 percent, a decrease of 0.18 percentage points month-on-month, announced the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre on Tuesday. The unemployment rate was lower than the country’s average in all nine districts

Lehota to Get Link to R1 Expressway by October

Lehota to Get Link to R1 Expressway by October

Lehota/Velke Zaluzie, February 22 (TASR) – The village of Lehota near Nitra will acquire a direct link to the PR1BINA expressway by October, Lehota mayor Milan Chmelar told TASR on Monday. The local authority as a co-investor in the project is currently drawing up a territorial decision and is dealing