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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.

Drivers to Receive Lemons from Children for Small Traffic Infringements

Drivers to Receive Lemons from Children for Small Traffic Infringements

Bratislava, May 23 (TASR) – A traffic operation called ‘Apple-Lemon’ began on Slovak roads on Monday and will run until Friday, TASR learnt on the same day. Under this event, drivers will receive fruit instead of fines. If they violate traffic rules, they will get a lemon, and if they obey

Reznik: 2015 Was TASR's Most Successful Year for Six Years

Reznik: 2015 Was TASR's Most Successful Year for Six Years

Bratislava, May 10 (TASR) – The year 2015 was the most successful one for the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) for the past six years, according to figures included in a report on TASR’s activities in the second half of 2015 that was acknowledged by the members of