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Fico: People Giving Hitler Salute Today Can't Be Sane

Fico: People Giving Hitler Salute Today Can't Be Sane

Uhrovec, August 26 (TASR) – When it comes to commemorating the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) we should pay less attention to formalities and speak more about the content of the SNP, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico at the Jankov vrsok memorial near Uhrovec (Trencin region) on Saturday to commemorate the Slovak

World's Largest Passanger Aircraft on Display at SIAF 2017

World's Largest Passanger Aircraft on Display at SIAF 2017

Sliac, August 26 (TASR) – Thousands of people who visited Sliac airbase (Banska Bystrica region) on Saturday saw the world’s largest passenger airliner the Airbus A380 as well as an American B-52 bomber aircraft as part of the 7th Slovak International Air Fest (SIAF), which is taking place between August

Electricity Utilities Tackling Effects of Severe Storms in West Slovakia

Electricity Utilities Tackling Effects of Severe Storms in West Slovakia

Bratislava, August 12 (TASR) – Electricity utility West Slovak Distribution Company (ZSD) on Saturday reported that it was still dealing with the effects of severe thunderstorms accompanied by high winds reaching a speed of 100 kilometres per hour that hit western Slovakia on Thursday night. Around 6,000 customers were still

Over 19,000 Tourists Visited Tatra National Park in a Single Day

Over 19,000 Tourists Visited Tatra National Park in a Single Day

High Tatras, August 5 (TASR) – As many as 19,227 tourists came through the alpine environment of the Tatra National Park (TANAP) in High Tatras on Wednesday (August 2), according to results of the latest visitor census annually organised by TANAP State Forest. Among the most numerous groups were Slovaks,

Zitnanska and Ravasz Light Symbolic Candle for Roma Holocaust Victims

Zitnanska and Ravasz Light Symbolic Candle for Roma Holocaust Victims

Bratislava, August 2 (TASR) – Justice Minister Lucia Zitnanska and Government Proxy for Roma Communities Abel Ravasz (both Most-Hid) have called on people to light a symbolic candle for the victims of the Roma Holocaust on Wednesday, August 2, as on this day in 1944 more than 3,000 Roma were

Girl Brought from Egypt by Interior Ministry Doesn't Have Exotic Disease

Girl Brought from Egypt by Interior Ministry Doesn't Have Exotic Disease

Bratislava, July 31 (TASR) – Results of clinical tests have definitively confirmed that a 13-month-old girl who was flown by the Interior Ministry back to Slovakia from Egypt on Saturday (July 29) does not have any exotic disease, Health Ministry spokesperson Zuzana Eliasova confirmed for TASR on Monday. “The little girl

Fico: Skating on Cycling Path Bystricka Cyklomagistrala Unique Recreation

Fico: Skating on Cycling Path Bystricka Cyklomagistrala Unique Recreation

Stara Bystrica, July 16 (TASR) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Saturday (July 15) roller skated the cycling path called ‘Bystricka cyklomagistrala’ as part of marking the 25th anniversary of the Declaration of the Slovak Republic’s Independence in the village of Stara Bystrica (Zilina region), TASR learnt on Sunday.