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Survey: Majority of Slovaks Views Easter Whippings in Positive Light

Survey: Majority of Slovaks Views Easter Whippings in Positive Light

Bratislava, April 19 (TASR) – Half of Slovaks (51 percent) perceive Easter primarily as a religious holiday, whereas one third (31 percent) consider it to be a celebration of spring with many traditions and almost a fifth (18 percent) see it only as days off work without any special meaning, according

TASR Launches Exclusive Cooperation with Czech Photo Bank Profimedia

TASR Launches Exclusive Cooperation with Czech Photo Bank Profimedia

Bratislava, March 28 (TASR) – The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) has agreed to cooperation with the Czech Republic’s largest photo bank ‘Profimedia’, it was revealed on Thursday. The main goal of the cooperation for TASR is to penetrate foreign markets with its collection of current photos as

Tuhovcak Becomes New Chairman of TASR's Administrative Board

Tuhovcak Becomes New Chairman of TASR's Administrative Board

Bratislava, March 26 (TASR) – Jozef Tuhovcak will serve as the chairman of the Administrative Board of the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) for the next five years, while Ladislav Mikus will be its vice-chairman, according to a decision made by members of the newly formed board at their

Large Nativity Scene Made from Snow Presented at Epiphany in High Tatras

Large Nativity Scene Made from Snow Presented at Epiphany in High Tatras

High Tatras, January 6 (TASR) – A large Nativity scene made from snow in the High Tatras was seen on Sunday by around 200 people, who attended the 20th Epiphany Afternoon accompanied by Goral folk music in chilly weather at Rainer’s Cottage in the High Tatra Mountains. “We began making

Finals of Greatest Slovak Poll also Include Dubcek, Janosik, Sagan and Stefanik

Finals of Greatest Slovak Poll also Include Dubcek, Janosik, Sagan and Stefanik

Bratislava, January 2 (TASR) – One Slovak woman, eight Slovak men and one pair – this is how the ten most popular personalities in the ‘Greatest Slovak’ national poll look, TASR learnt from Silvia Turnerova of the RTVS’s marketing and communication department. The BBC-licensed programme, adjusted by Radio and Television Slovakia

President: We Should Turn Off Phones, Computers and TV on Christmas

President: We Should Turn Off Phones, Computers and TV on Christmas

Bratislava, December 24 (TASR) – Christmas is a holiday when we should turn off televisions, computers, mobile telephones and spend more time playing with children, conversing with parents and grandparents so that the beauty of Christmas lingers as long as possible – ideally throughout the entire year, President Andrej Kiska wrote on

Communist Christmas in 1950s: Infant Jesus Became Ded Moroz

Communist Christmas in 1950s: Infant Jesus Became Ded Moroz

Bratislava, December 19 (TASR) – The communist regime that ruled in the former Czechoslovakia for more than 40 years until 1989 attempted to suppress several Christmas traditions, especially in the notorious 1950s. One curious incident of the time was then prime minister and later president Antonin Zapotocky’s public speech shortly