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World Bank to Help Slovakia with Low-carbon Strategy

World Bank to Help Slovakia with Low-carbon Strategy

Bratislava, November 28 (TASR) – Slovak Environment Minister Laszlo Solymos and the World Bank’s Country Manager for Bulgaria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia Antony Thompson in Bratislava on Monday signed an agreement of cooperation regarding Slovakia’s low-carbon strategy. This cooperation will result in a study of low-carbon growth in

P. Dubcek: BMW Was Prevented from Examining Father's Crashed Car

P. Dubcek: BMW Was Prevented from Examining Father's Crashed Car

Bratislava, November 27 (TASR) – Pavol Dubcek, son of the 1968 Prague Spring leader and later post-communist Czechoslovak parliamentary chairman Alexander Dubcek, has told TABLET.TV that he has some doubts concerning the death of his father in November 1992. Dubcek died in hospital two months after a motorway car crash

Kiska: Nowhere Have I Seen So Many Sad People as in Cuba

Kiska: Nowhere Have I Seen So Many Sad People as in Cuba

Bratislava, November 27 (TASR) – The legacy of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro should be evaluated by the Cuban people, Slovak President Andrej Kiska wrote on his Facebook page on Sunday. “The rest of us can only wish them to see Cuba as a happy country and a real island of

Fico: Dubcek Was Global Giant in 1960s and 1970s

Fico: Dubcek Was Global Giant in 1960s and 1970s

Uhrovec, November 26 (TASR) – Alexander Dubcek was like a book cited by many, but few have actually read it, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday in a speech at a commemorative event marking the 95th anniversary of the 1968 Prague Spring leader’s birth in Uhrovec (Trencin region). “Perhaps

Sebej Slams Castro's Regime, Blaha "Afflicted" by His Death

Sebej Slams Castro's Regime, Blaha "Afflicted" by His Death

Bratislava, November 26 (TASR) – Executions of political prisoners, economic misery and a lack of freedom are the first things popping up in my mind when Fidel Castro is mentioned, parliamentary Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Frantisek Sebej (Most-Hid) told TASR on Saturday in reaction to Castro’s death late on Friday.

Fico: Cuba Has Threatened Nobody, Castro Was Bearer of Courage

Fico: Cuba Has Threatened Nobody, Castro Was Bearer of Courage

Bratislava, November 26 (TASR) – Cuba has never threatened anyone; it has only wanted to live its own life, and it was hated by many for this courage, borne by revolution leader Fidel Castro, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Saturday in reaction to Castro’s death on Friday evening.

Three Elite Junior Ice Hockey Players Sentenced for Match Fixing

Three Elite Junior Ice Hockey Players Sentenced for Match Fixing

Banska Bystrica, November 25 (TASR) – Three junior ice hockey premier league players on Friday received parole sentences for match fixing from the Specialised Criminal Court in Banska Bystrica. The three young players, who were among the leaders of elite team HC Kosice, allegedly last year attempted to manipulate the result