Parliament Dismisses Simecka from House Vice-chair Post
Opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party leader Michal Simecka is no longer a House vice-chair, as Parliament dismissed him from the post in a secret ballot on Tuesday.
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Premier: Cabinet to Be as Accommodating as Possible in Compensations
Bratislava, September 16 (TASR) - The government will be as accommodating as possible to regional and local authorities in terms of financial compensations after the floods and it will respond to the situation with "specific financial decisions", Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said following an extraordinary cabinet meeting
Sastin-Straze: National Pilgrimage Held in Limited Mode Due to Adverse Weather
Due to the unfavourable weather, the national pilgrimage to mark the Feast of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, the patroness of Slovakia, was held in Sastin-Straze in a limited mode this year, with a Holy Mass inside the Sastin Basilica being celebrated by Zilina Diocese Bishop Tomas Galis.
Mobile Flood Barrier Being Built between Slovak Town of Holic and Czech Town of Hodonin
Members of the Fire and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) and volunteer firefighters from towns and villages in the Zahorie area in western Slovakia have been building a mobile flood barrier on the bridge over the Morava River between the Slovak town of Holic and the Czech town of Hodonin.
Heavy Rains: More Towns Declare Emergency State, First-responders Busy
Bratislava, September 13 (TASR) - The district of Malacky (Bratislava region) and the town of Myjava (Trencin region) declared a state of emergency on Friday over heavy rains and concomitant risk of floods, whereas the town of Skalica (Trnava region) put its crisis team on alert.
Earlier in the day,
Taraba: Second-degree Flood Alert to Be Declared
A second-degree flood alert will be declared in connection with the adverse weather situation, with the territories alongside the Morava River basin in the Zahorie area and some locations close to the Danube River being most at risk, announced Environment Minister Tomas Taraba on Thursday.
Pellegrini and Van der Bellen Praise Good Neighbourly Relations
Vienna, September 11 (TASR) - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini and his Austrian counterpart Alexander Van der Bellen on Wednesday praised good neighbourly relations between Slovakia and Austria, noting that they intend to continue this kind of cooperation.
The presidents discussed the European Union, the possible composition of the next European