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President Visits Hospital where She Gave Birth to Daughter 15 Years Ago

President Visits Hospital where She Gave Birth to Daughter 15 Years Ago

Bratislava, December 24 (TASR) – President Zuzana Caputova on Christmas Eve visited the maternity department of the Bratislava-Ruzinov hospital, where she gave birth to her second daughter almost 15 years ago. “I wanted to come to say ‘thank you’ to people who have to be on duty today, spending Christmas not

Linguist: 20,000 Words Enough for Day-to-Day Communication in Slovak

Linguist: 20,000 Words Enough for Day-to-Day Communication in Slovak

Bratislava, December 23 (TASR) – The acronym ‘TASR’, standing for the News Agency of the Slovak Republic in its Slovak original (Tlacova agentura Slovenskej republiky) was one of the top newcomers in the Slovak journalistic vocabulary after the country became independent in 1993, computer linguist Radovan Garabik from the Ludovit Stur

Vandals Damage Gravestones at Jewish Cemeteries in Rajec and Namestovo

Vandals Damage Gravestones at Jewish Cemeteries in Rajec and Namestovo

Rajec, December 23 (TASR) – Unknown vandals damaged 20 gravestones dating from the late 19th and early 20th centuries at a remote Jewish cemetery in Rajec (Zilina region) between December 4-22, chairman of the Zilina Religious Community Pavol Frankl reported on Monday. The police in the meantime launched investigation into desecration

Skalsky: Slovaks in Low Lands Pack Churches Wearing Folk Costumes

Skalsky: Slovaks in Low Lands Pack Churches Wearing Folk Costumes

Bratislava, December 23 (TASR) – Many Slovaks living abroad celebrate Christmas with their traditions together, be it in churches and at meetings with the traditional cabbage soup ‘kapustnica’ being served, TASR was told on Friday by Vladimir Skalsky, chairman of the World Association of Slovaks Living Abroad and director of the

Slovakia 24/7 - News in English

Slovakia 24/7 - News in English

Watch our weekly news Slovakia 24/7 with Juraj Simko. * Specialised Criminal Court Accepts Charges in Kuciak Murder Case * Trnka Charged for Hiding Gorilla Recording * Fifty-day Moritoriums Suspended by Constitutional Court Slovakia 24/7 - News in EnglishTASR.TV je internetová televízia Tlačovej agentúry Slovenskej republiky. Prináša priame prenosy zo

OLaNO Urges Premier to Nix Information System Tender of Nitra Hospital

OLaNO Urges Premier to Nix Information System Tender of Nitra Hospital

Bratislava, December 20 (TASR) – Opposition lawmakers Marek Krajci and Eduard Heger (both OLaNO) called upon Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini, who has been appointed to head the Health Ministry temporarily, to stop Nitra faculty hospital’s tender worth €4.2 million on the procurement of an information system, as they find

Unemployment Rate Down to 4.92 percent in November 2019

Unemployment Rate Down to 4.92 percent in November 2019

Bratislava, December 20 (TASR) – The unemployment rate in Slovakia stood at 4.92 percent in November, down by 0.02 percentage points (p.p.) from October, Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVR) general director Marian Valentovic told a news conference on Friday with Labour Minister Jan Richter (Smer-SD)