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World War I Memorial in Klenovec Mistakenly Considered Tribute to Nazism

World War I Memorial in Klenovec Mistakenly Considered Tribute to Nazism

Klenovec, July 8 (TASR) – A memorial dedicated to locals who fell in the First World War has been standing in the centre of the village of Klenovec (Banska Bystrica region) for 85 years. Yet some visitors consider a somewhat peculiar statue that is central to the memorial to be scandalous,

Police Arrest 20 Referees and Football Club Officials over Match Fixing

Police Arrest 20 Referees and Football Club Officials over Match Fixing

Banska Bystrica, July 8 (TASR) – The police on Sunday announced that they detained 20 people in a raid related to sports corruption in Banska Bystrica on Saturday, while charges were eventually pressed against 21 people. A total of 70 officers from the elite National Crime Agency (NAKA) and students of

Sagan Wins Stage Two at Tour de France, Dons Yellow Jersey

Sagan Wins Stage Two at Tour de France, Dons Yellow Jersey

La Roche-Sur-Yon, July 8 (TASR) – Reigning world champion Peter Sagan from Slovakia won the second stage of the 105th Tour de France following a sprint in the final section on Sunday and donned the overall leader’s yellow jersey, apart from taking the lead in the green-jersey points classification competition.

Half Million People Attend Levoca Pilgrimage at Weekend

Half Million People Attend Levoca Pilgrimage at Weekend

Levoca, July 8 (TASR) – Around 500,000 people at the weekend alone attended the annual multi-day pilgrimage marking the Feast of Visitation of Our Lady (July 2) on Marian Hill in Levoca (Presov region), co-organiser of the pilgrimage Jozef Lapsansky told TASR on Sunday. The main Mass of the pilgrimage

Slovak Firefighters Offer High-capacity Pumps to Get Thai Boys Out of Cave

Slovak Firefighters Offer High-capacity Pumps to Get Thai Boys Out of Cave

Bratislava, July 7 (TASR) – Slovakia’s Fire and Rescue Corps on Saturday offered high-capacity pumps to help in effort to rescue members of a youth football team who have been trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand since June 23. “Ordinary pumps can draw 3,000 litres of water per

Slovak PM: CEEC-China 16+1 Summits Not Designed to Disrupt EU's Unity

Slovak PM: CEEC-China 16+1 Summits Not Designed to Disrupt EU's Unity

Sofia, July 7 (TASR-correspondent) – Summits of 16 countries of the Central and Eastern Europe with China aren’t designed to disrupt the unity of the European Union, but they should instead be considered as a supplementary format to help these countries in their development, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD)

Pellegrini: Slovakia Wants to Extend Broad-Gauge Track to Bratislava

Pellegrini: Slovakia Wants to Extend Broad-Gauge Track to Bratislava

Sofia, July 6 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovakia has an ambition to play a strategic role in the field of transport also in the future, Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) stated after a bilateral meeting with the Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang, which took place before a summit of 16 Central and