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John Kerry and Saudi Foreign Minister Show Interest in AeroMobil

John Kerry and Saudi Foreign Minister Show Interest in AeroMobil

Bratislava/Brussels, July 24 (TASR) – The AeroMobil, a flying car from Slovakia that is among the exhibits via which Slovakia is promoting its Presidency of the Council of the EU in Brussels, has drawn the attention of US Secretary of State John Kerry and Saudi Arabian Foreign Affairs Minister Adel

Cyberbullying and Identity Theft among Top Cyber Risks

Cyberbullying and Identity Theft among Top Cyber Risks

Bratislava, July 20 (TASR) – Payments and purchases via the internet, cyberbullying and identity theft are among the primary cyber risks, said Robert Koch of Uniqa insurance company at a press conference on Wednesday. “Up to 62 percent of all consumer disputes resolved via insurance companies concern purchases via the internet,

Trams Given Green Light to Petrzalka after 55 Years

Trams Given Green Light to Petrzalka after 55 Years

Bratislava, July 8 (TASR) – People in Bratislava don’t have to wait any longer for the return of tram traffic to the capital’s largest borough of Petrzalka after a 55-year hiatus, as senior state and city figures opened the route via the reconstructed Old Bridge on Friday evening. “This

Last Two Injured from Bus Crush in Serbia Fly Home

Last Two Injured from Bus Crush in Serbia Fly Home

Bratislava, June 27 (TASR) – A special government A319-115 CJ aircraft landed at Bratislava airport and brought the last two injured people – hospitalised in Serbia after the bus crash last week – back to Slovakia late Monday. Head of the Interior Ministry Office’s press department Ivan Netik told TASR earlier in

Ex-president Gasparovic Involved in Car Accident near Limbach

Ex-president Gasparovic Involved in Car Accident near Limbach

Bratislava, June 20 (TASR) – Former Slovak president Ivan Gasparovic (in office between 2004-14) was involved in a car accident near Limbach (Bratislava region) on Monday, Bratislava Regional Police spokesperson Lucia Mihalikova confirmed for TASR on the same day. Gasparovic’s car ran off the road, and his security guards reportedly

Trams Return to Bratislava's Sturova St. and Vajanskeho Embankment

Trams Return to Bratislava's Sturova St. and Vajanskeho Embankment

Bratislava, June 15 (TASR) – Trams returned to Bratislava’s Sturova Street and the Vajanskeho Embankment on Wednesday morning following over two years of suspension to make way for construction work on the first part of a new public city transport system to Bratislava’s borough of Petrzalka, TASR learnt from

TASR Recorded Surplus of Just Over €303,000 in 2015

TASR Recorded Surplus of Just Over €303,000 in 2015

Bratislava, June 9 (TASR) – The News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) produced a surplus of €303,076 by earning €6,282,616 and spending €5,979,540 in 2015, said TASR board of directors chairman Vladimir Masar at a session of the parliamentary culture and media committee on Thursday.