Miscellaneous

Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) – It’s definitely better to get up when it’s light and enjoy the daylight as long as possible and, on the other hand, to go to sleep sooner when the dark is longer, Parliamentary Chairman and Slovak National Party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko has posted

Dulovce, September 21 (TASR) – The tasting of half-fermented wine known in Slovakia as ‘burčiak’ [boor-chi-ak], considered by small wine-growers as one of their greatest joys, turned into a tragedy in the village of Dulovce (Nitra region) on Thursday evening, as four men fell unconscious and one of them, the 76-year

Bratislava, August 1 (TASR) – Remembering the Roma Holocaust as a historical event is even more important nowadays partly due to the recent racist assault against Roma boys in Zilina, stated Public Ombudswoman Maria Patakyova on Wednesday, marking Roma Holocaust Memorial Day, which is commemorated world-wide on August 2. “We know

Klenovec, July 8 (TASR) – A memorial dedicated to locals who fell in the First World War has been standing in the centre of the village of Klenovec (Banska Bystrica region) for 85 years. Yet some visitors consider a somewhat peculiar statue that is central to the memorial to be scandalous,

Bratislava, July 7 (TASR) – Slovakia’s Fire and Rescue Corps on Saturday offered high-capacity pumps to help in effort to rescue members of a youth football team who have been trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand since June 23. “Ordinary pumps can draw 3,000 litres of water per