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Norwegian Ambassador Visits Rain Garden Project in Zvolen

Norwegian Ambassador Visits Rain Garden Project in Zvolen

Zvolen, August 15 (TASR) – Norwegian Ambassador to Slovakia Inge Magistad has visited the town of Zvolen (Banska Bystrica region) in order to see the results of a green project entitled ‘Biotechnological Innovations Using Rainwater in Zvolen’, TASR learnt on Wednesday. The project was carried out between 2014-17 in cooperation with

Bratislava Airport Processed Highest-ever Number of Passengers in July

Bratislava Airport Processed Highest-ever Number of Passengers in July

Bratislava, August 15 (TASR) – M.R. Stefanik Airport in Bratislava processed 349,720 passengers in July of this year (both arrivals and departures), which was the highest number of passengers to be treated in a single month since the beginning of the airport’s operation in 1951, airport general director

Record Number of Teams to Take Part in 'From Tatras to Danube' Run

Record Number of Teams to Take Part in 'From Tatras to Danube' Run

Bratislava, August 14 (TASR) – A record number of teams, 220, each with between nine and twelve members, will take part in a 345-kilometre relay run called ‘From the Tatras to the Danube’ this coming weekend, TASR learnt on Tuesday. Slovakia’s longest run, held for the sixth year, will start

Bugar: If Kidnapping Confirmed, Slovakia Should Expel Vietnamese Ambassador

Bugar: If Kidnapping Confirmed, Slovakia Should Expel Vietnamese Ambassador

Bratislava, August 14 (TASR) – If it is confirmed that Vietnamese former state manager Trinh Xuan Thanh was kidnapped and that Slovakia was misused in the abduction, Slovakia should expel the Vietnamese ambassador, stated Most-Hid chair and Parliamentary vice-chair Bela Bugar on Tuesday. Bugar reiterated that if it is also confirmed

Analysts: Slovakia and Eurozone Shouldn't Suffer from Turkish Crisis Yet

Analysts: Slovakia and Eurozone Shouldn't Suffer from Turkish Crisis Yet

Bratislava, August 14 (TASR) – Slovakia and the eurozone as a whole shouldn’t be directly affected by the Turkish economic crisis at the moment, but Europe’s economy can feel certain effects via banks, especially Spanish, Italian and French ones, which have significant claims in the country, analysts told TASR

Klub 500: Cabinet Should Cut Tax-levy Burden of Low-income Employees

Klub 500: Cabinet Should Cut Tax-levy Burden of Low-income Employees

Bratislava, August 14 (TASR) – The Government should focus on reducing the tax-levy burden imposed on employees with low incomes, Klub 500, an association of companies employing at least 500 people, stated on Tuesday. The association added that it welcomed the coalition’s efforts to communicate with employers about the issue

Food Inspectors Found Flaws in 9.4% of Cases in First Half of 2018

Food Inspectors Found Flaws in 9.4% of Cases in First Half of 2018

Bratislava, August 14 (TASR) – Food inspectors conducted 25,000 food checks over the first six months of 2018 and found shortcomings in 2,363 cases, representing 9.4 percent, stated Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Gabriela Matecna (SNS) at a press conference on Tuesday with Slovak Veterinary and Food Administration