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Poll: OLaNO Top, Pellegrini's Voice Second, Smer-SD Third

Poll: OLaNO Top, Pellegrini's Voice Second, Smer-SD Third

Bratislava, July 20 (TASR) – The main governing-coalition party OLaNO would have won a general election if it had taken place in July on 23.5 percent of the votes, ahead of former prime minister Peter Pellegrini’s nascent Voice-Social Democracy (16.7 percent) and his former party Smer-SD (10.7

Bus Carrying Children Tips Over at Donovaly Ski Resort, Five People Injured

Bus Carrying Children Tips Over at Donovaly Ski Resort, Five People Injured

Donovaly, July 20 (TASR) – A bus from Detva (Banska Bystrica region) carrying three adults and 29 minors tipped over onto its side in a ditch near Donovaly ski resort in central Slovakia on Monday, Zuzana Farkasova from the Fire Corps told TASR. Education Minister Branislav Groehling (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS)

Summer 2020: Castle of 'Bloody Countess' Guards Northern Tip of Small Carpathians

Summer 2020: Castle of 'Bloody Countess' Guards Northern Tip of Small Carpathians

Bratislava, July 20 (TASR) – The northern part of the Small Carpathian Mountains includes the highest peak of the mountain range, Zaruby (altitude 768 metres above sea level), and Cachtice Castle, which in the 16th and 17th centuries belonged to Countess Elizabeth Bathory, listed by The Guiness Book of World Records

Greek Catholic Archbishop Vasil & Deputy Tested Positive for COVID-19

Greek Catholic Archbishop Vasil & Deputy Tested Positive for COVID-19

Kosice, July 19 (TASR) – Greek Catholic Archbishop Cyril Vasil, a former senior Vatican official, who now runs Kosice Eparchy, was tested positive for COVID-19, along with his principal deputy, protosyncellus Jaroslav Lajciak, the Slovak Bishops’ Conference’s (KBS) press office has reported. Vasil and Lajciak had positive tests after returning

Re-elected Smer Chief Fico: We'll Be Like Bulldog Biting Government's Neck

Re-elected Smer Chief Fico: We'll Be Like Bulldog Biting Government's Neck

Bratislava, July 18 (TASR) – Former three-times prime minister Robert Fico was re-elected Smer-SD chairman at the party’s congress in Bratislava on Saturday. Delegates at the congress also elected the following vice-chairs: Juraj Blanar, Ladislav Kamenicky, Richard Takac, Lubos Blaha and Erik Kalinak. Meanwhile, Marian Salon was elected the party’

Slovakia: COVID-19 Test Mandatory after Arrival from Non-green Country

Slovakia: COVID-19 Test Mandatory after Arrival from Non-green Country

Bratislava, July 18 (TASR) – Everyone coming to Slovakia who in the past 14 days spent some time in a country not listed as ‘low risk’ concerning coronavirus is obliged to report this fact to the local office of the Regional Public Health Authority, TASR has learnt from the Public Health

Nad Holds Talks with German Defence Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer

Nad Holds Talks with German Defence Minister Kramp-Karrenbauer

Bratislava, July 17 (TASR) – The stances of Slovakia and Germany are similar on many matters, and the level of bilateral relations should deepen even further, said Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) following his meeting with his German counterpart Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer on Friday, stressing this is the first visit by