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SHMU: Orava Sees Minus 35.3 Degrees Celsius on Sunday Morning

SHMU: Orava Sees Minus 35.3 Degrees Celsius on Sunday Morning

Bratislava/Dudince/Nitra, January 8 (TASR) – Meteorologists in the spa town of Dudince (Nitra region) on Sunday morning measured minus 29.8 degrees Celsius, its lowest temperature since the 1950s, when official records began to be kept, Slovak Hydrometeorolical Institute’s (SHMU) meteorologist Paulina Valova told TASR on Sunday. Historical

Northern Slovakia to See Minus 30 Degrees Celsius Early on Sunday

Northern Slovakia to See Minus 30 Degrees Celsius Early on Sunday

Bratislava, January 7 (TASR) – The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU) on Saturday released a low-temperature alert for Sunday morning concerning the entire Slovakia, with six districts in northern Slovakia having the red, most severe degree alert warning against lows falling to minus 30 degrees Celsius. Meanwhile, yellow and orange low-temperature alerts

Orthodox Christians in Slovakia Celebrate Christmas Eve

Orthodox Christians in Slovakia Celebrate Christmas Eve

Bratislava, January 6 (TASR) – Orthodox Christians (predominantly in the east of the country) and also Greek Catholics in certain villages in eastern Slovakia observing the Julian calendar are celebrating Christmas Eve on Friday. The liturgical celebrations of Christmas in churches observing the Julian calendar began as early as on Friday

Christians Celebrate Epiphany

Christians Celebrate Epiphany

Bratislava, January 6 (TASR) – The Christian festival of Epiphany, or ‘Three Kings’ (‘Traja krali’ or ‘Tri krale’ in archaic Slovak), is being celebrated in Slovakia and many other countries on Friday, January 6. The Roman Catholic Church regards this holiday as representing one of the most significant events in human

Bugar: We Shouldn't Even Sit at One Table with Extremists

Bugar: We Shouldn't Even Sit at One Table with Extremists

Bratislava, January 5 (TASR) – A good recipe for dealing with extremists in Parliament would be if parliamentary parties didn’t sit with them at one table at all, said Most-Hid leader Bela Bugar in an interview with TASR on Thursday, giving Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party leader Richard Sulik as

Trencin and Ruzomberok Mayors Ask Minister for IC Train Stops

Trencin and Ruzomberok Mayors Ask Minister for IC Train Stops

Trencin, January 5 (TASR) – Trencin mayor Richard Rybnicek is sending an open letter to Transport, Construction and Regional Development Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) requesting that he should reconsider the decision to stop providing Trencin and the towns of Ruzomberok and Liptovsky Mikulas (Zilina region) with the state-run InterCity (IC) train

Slovak Motorcyclist Ivan Jakes Hit by Lightning at Dakar Rally

Slovak Motorcyclist Ivan Jakes Hit by Lightning at Dakar Rally

San Salvador de Jujuy, January 5 (TASR) – Slovak motorcycle rally rider Ivan Jakes on Wednesday was struck by lightning during the third stage of the Dakar Rally in Argentina on Wednesday, but thanks to the fact that his feet weren’t touching the ground he survived and even finished the