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Prince of Monaco Presents Ambassador Estok with Highest State Award

Bratislava, July 11 (TASR) – Prince Albert II of Monaco at a farewell ceremony bestowed the country’s highest official award of “The Order of Saint-Charles” with the rank of Knight on Slovak Ambassador to Monaco Marek Estok for his merits and contribution to the development of Monacan-Slovak relations, TASR learnt from the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry on Tuesday.

“By bestowing the award, the Prince of Monaco offered appreciation for the dynamic development of relations between the two countries which resulted in his first official visit as head of state to Slovakia (in May) and also in organising the historically first Slovak-Monacan economic forum in Bratislava,” wrote the ministry on a social network.

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Bomb Alert Reported in President Caputova's House

Bomb Alert Reported in President Caputova's House

Bratislava, September 8 (TASR) – The police received an anonymous announcement on Sunday that a bomb has been placed in the house of Slovak President Zuzana Caputova. “We can confirm we have received an anonymous call on the telephone line 158 reporting that there’s an explosive in President Zuzana Caputova’

Armoured Train in Zvolen Documents Railway Workers' Role in Uprising

Armoured Train in Zvolen Documents Railway Workers' Role in Uprising

A national cultural monument, an armoured train in the park below Zvolen Castle, documents the role of railway workers in the Slovak National Uprising (SNP), Lubica Milanova of the Zvolen municipal office has told TASR.

SNP80: Monument in Vrchtepla Dedicated to Partisans who Fell Near Village

SNP80: Monument in Vrchtepla Dedicated to Partisans who Fell Near Village

The Slovak National Uprising (SNP) Monument above the village of Vrchtepla in the district of Povazska Bystrica is dedicated to the memory of those who fell in guerilla warfare near the village in February and March 1945, Povazska Bystrica local historian Milan Belas has told TASR.