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TASR Posted Profit Despite Hardships Due to Coronavirus in 1H20

TASR Posted Profit Despite Hardships Due to Coronavirus in 1H20

Bratislava, September 16 (TASR) – The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR), a public-service agency, released almost 130,000 multimedia news stories in the first six months of 2020, including more than 70,000 texts, almost 50,000 photographs, some 3,000 videos and 7,000 audio files, while managing

TASR Chief Photographer's Exhibition Showcases Slovakia's Family Silver

TASR Chief Photographer's Exhibition Showcases Slovakia's Family Silver

Banska Bystrica, September 16 (TASR) – ‘Rodinne striebro’ (the Family Silver) is the name of an exhibition of photographs in Banska Bystrica taken by TASR’s Photo Desk head Michal Svitok as part of the news agency’s project to capture some of Slovakia’s highlights from a bird’s eye

Mikulec Expects Checks on Border with Czech Republic to Be Random

Mikulec Expects Checks on Border with Czech Republic to Be Random

Bratislava, September 16 (TASR) – Interior Minister Roman Mikulec (OLaNO) assumes that checks at the border with the Czech Republic, which will be added to the list of high-risk countries from Friday (September 18), will take place at random. However, how they will function specifically is still under discussion. “A discussion

Coronavirus: 27 People Tested Positive in Care Home; All Asymptomatic

Coronavirus: 27 People Tested Positive in Care Home; All Asymptomatic

Lipany, September 15 (TASR) – A total of 19 residents and eight members of the staff have been tested positive for coronavirus in a care home in Lipany (Presov region), although none of them have symptoms of a respiratory disease, said facility director Jana Kolova on Tuesday. “We were tested with

Matovic: Czech Republic Should Step Up Coronavirus Testing

Matovic: Czech Republic Should Step Up Coronavirus Testing

Sastin, September 15 (TASR) – The Czech Republic should step up coronavirus testing, said Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) at the pilgrimage to Our Lady of Sorrows, the patron saint of Slovakia, in Sastin (Trnava region) on Tuesday, as Slovakia is about to place the Czech Republic on its list

Coronavirus Measures Affect Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Sorrows in Sastin

Coronavirus Measures Affect Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Sorrows in Sastin

Sastin, September 15 (TASR) – Strict epidemiological measures affected the festivities of Our Lady of Sorrows, the patron saint of Slovakia, with a mere 500 people let in for the central pontifical mass in the national shrine in Sastin (Trnava region) on Tuesday, while only 1,000 were allowed to gather

Matovic: Czech Republic to Be Definitely Added to List of Red Countries

Matovic: Czech Republic to Be Definitely Added to List of Red Countries

Bratislava, September 14 (TASR) – The Czech Republic will be definitely added to Slovakia’s list of so-called ‘red’ countries vis-a-vis the spread of coronavirus, Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) stated at a briefing held on Monday during the session of the central crisis management team. Matovic at the same time