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Slovak Road Hauliers Announce Strike on January 7

Slovak Road Hauliers Announce Strike on January 7

Bratislava, December 28 (TASR) – Road hauliers in Slovakia will stage a strike on January 7, which is the first full working day in Slovakia after the Christmas recess, the Union of Slovakia’s Road Hauliers (UNAS) decided at its meeting on Friday and announced the result to TASR on Saturday.

Slovakia Defeat Kazakhstan 3-1 at U20 World Hockey Championships

Slovakia Defeat Kazakhstan 3-1 at U20 World Hockey Championships

Trinec, December 27 (TASR) – Slovakia’s national ice-hockey team defeated Kazakhstan 3-1 in its opening game of the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Trinec, the Czech Republic on Friday. Slovakia are due to face the defending champions Finland on Saturday. Slovakia – Kazakhstan 3-1 (0-0, 1-1, 2-0) Goals: 25.

Police: Girls Sexually Abused at Modelling Agency Near Nitra

Police: Girls Sexually Abused at Modelling Agency Near Nitra

Nitra/Mojmirovce, December 27 (TASR) – A dozen women from a modelling agency based in the village of Mojmirovce near Nitra have reported sexual abuse to the police, who have subsequently created an email address som.obet@minv.sk to provide an opportunity for other possible victims to report abuse at

Old Cookbook: Dishes from Fieldfare Popular in Slovakia 100 Years Ago

Old Cookbook: Dishes from Fieldfare Popular in Slovakia 100 Years Ago

Zvolen, December 26 (TASR) – Delicate dishes made from the fieldfare, a songbird originating from Siberia, were nothing unusual on the menu in Slovakia a hundred years ago, with housewives preparing it stuffed and baked, fried or even with pudding, reads the ‘first Slovak cookbook’ drawn up by writer Terezia Vansova

Saint Stephen's Feast in Slovakia Traditional Day of Vivid Social Contacts

Saint Stephen's Feast in Slovakia Traditional Day of Vivid Social Contacts

Bratislava, December 26 (TASR) – Christians in Slovakia are celebrating on Thursday Saint Stephen’s Day, the principal feast of the Christian protomartyr, officially designated the ‘Second Christmas Day’ in the civilian calendar and held as a public holiday in the country. Meanwhile, the Greek Catholic Church in Slovakia, which largely

Spartak Trnava Football Club Retires Adamec's Number 10

Spartak Trnava Football Club Retires Adamec's Number 10

Trnava, December 26 (TASR) – Marking the first anniversary of death of legendary striker Jozef Adamec, the Spartak Trnava football club has announced that it retired his jersey number 10 from all competitions. Slovakia’s second best player of the 20th century and a participant of the 1962 and 1970 World

Archives: 19th-century Slovakia Had Snowstorms as Early as in October

Archives: 19th-century Slovakia Had Snowstorms as Early as in October

Martin, December 25 (TASR) – In the 19th century, Slovakia was frequently troubled by the first snowstorms as early as in October and frosty weather continued until Saint Catherine’s Day (November 25), TASR has been told by Slovak National Library spokesperson Katarina Stefanides Mazarova, who was citing copies of 19th-century