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Lucansky: People Shouldn't Confuse Mandatory Quarantine with Three-star Hotel

Lucansky: People Shouldn't Confuse Mandatory Quarantine with Three-star Hotel

Gabcikovo, March 17 (TASR) – People shouldn’t confuse mandatory quarantine with a three-star hotel, Police Corps President Milan Lucansky said on Tuesday after visiting the quarantine centre in Gabcikovo (Trnava region), where returning Slovaks who can’t undergo the compulsory 14-day quarantine at home have been placed. The Police Corps

Many Types of Shops to Be Obliged to Close as of Monday

Many Types of Shops to Be Obliged to Close as of Monday

Bratislava, March 15 (TASR) – Shops and stores providing services will have to remain closed as of Monday, with the exception of grocery stores, pharmacies, drugstores, shops selling print media, petrol stations, pet food stores, banks and several other types of facilities, the Government decided at its special session on Sunday.

Myjava: Bus Stop Canopy Torn Down in Windstorm, Killing a Child

Myjava: Bus Stop Canopy Torn Down in Windstorm, Killing a Child

Myjava, February 5 (TASR) – A windstorm in the town of Myjava (Trencin region) on Wednesday knocked down a bus stop canopy, which fell on two children, killing a small girl, 4, and leaving the other child hospitalised in a critical state, police reported on its social network website on the

Pellegrini: Coronavirus Not Confirmed in Slovakia Yet

Pellegrini: Coronavirus Not Confirmed in Slovakia Yet

Bratislava, February 2 (TASR) – The presence of the coronavirus hasn’t been confirmed in Slovakia yet, as the laboratory results of samples taken from two men who recently returned from China and were admitted into hospital in Martin have been shown to be negative, Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD), who

Man Dies after Sliding on Ice in Front of Kosice City Hall

Man Dies after Sliding on Ice in Front of Kosice City Hall

Kosice, January 15 (TASR) – With black ice plaguing Slovakia for several days now, a man has died of a severe head injury in hospital after slipping on an icy pavement directly in front of the Kosice city hall last Friday, TASR learnt on Wednesday. With the police becoming involved in

Three Children Found Dead at Fire Scene in Kosice

Three Children Found Dead at Fire Scene in Kosice

Kosice, January 14 (TASR) – Three minors without signs of life were found after a fire in a shack in Kosice’s South borough on Tuesday, Katarina Krizanova from the Fire and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) told TASR on Tuesday. Twelve firefighters arrived at the scene with five pieces of equipment at

Archives: 19th-century Slovakia Had Snowstorms as Early as in October

Archives: 19th-century Slovakia Had Snowstorms as Early as in October

Martin, December 25 (TASR) – In the 19th century, Slovakia was frequently troubled by the first snowstorms as early as in October and frosty weather continued until Saint Catherine’s Day (November 25), TASR has been told by Slovak National Library spokesperson Katarina Stefanides Mazarova, who was citing copies of 19th-century