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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

Slovakia 24/7 - News in English

Slovakia 24/7 - News in English

Bratislava, July 6 (TABLET.TV) - Watch our weekly news Slovakia 24/7 with Juraj Simko, today featuring: * Slovakia fined one million euros by European court of justice * Slovak prime minister meeting the French president * Mass checks against illegal gambling

President Vetoes Amendment to Act on Courts

President Vetoes Amendment to Act on Courts

Bratislava, July 6 (TASR) – Slovak President Andrej Kiska has vetoed an amendment to the Act on Courts that he views as significantly limiting public supervision over court decisions, Martin Liptak of the President’s Office told TASR on Friday. Kiska returned the amendment to Parliament, recommending that it shouldn’t