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Aviation Office: Mid-air Crash Caused by Pilot Taking Photos

Aviation Office: Mid-air Crash Caused by Pilot Taking Photos

Slavnica, April 4 (TASR) – An official investigation released Monday into the fatal mid-air collision of two Let L-410 Turbolet aircraft during a rehearsal of synchronised skydiving for an air show in Slavnica (Trencin region) last August has indicated that a lack of discipline by one of the pilots was responsible.

Two Light Planes Collide in Mid-air in Nitra, One Crashes into Family House

Two Light Planes Collide in Mid-air in Nitra, One Crashes into Family House

Nitra, April 2 (TASR) – Two light engineless aircraft collided in mid-air in the Nitra borough of Zobor on Saturday, with one of the them crashing into the roof of a family house, while the other landed safely at the nearby Janikovce Airport, Nitra regional police directorate spokesperson Bozena Bruchterova told

Development Aid Is Important, Says Four out of Five Slovaks

Development Aid Is Important, Says Four out of Five Slovaks

Bratislava, March 30 (TASR) – According to a recent Eurobarometer poll on development cooperation and aid, four out of five Slovaks consider helping people from developing countries to be important, TASR learnt on Wednesday. In view of the migration and refugee crisis, the European Commission conducted this research to find out

Poll: Slovaks Consider Themselves to Be Good Drivers

Poll: Slovaks Consider Themselves to Be Good Drivers

Bratislava, March 24 (TASR) – Only 32 percent of Slovaks think that the number of road deaths may significantly decrease in the next few years, which is 17 percent less than the EU average (49 percent), TASR learnt on Thursday. Slovakia was therefore found to be the most pessimistic country along

Fico: Fight Against Fascism Will Always Be in Our Political DNA

Fico: Fight Against Fascism Will Always Be in Our Political DNA

Bratislava, March 14 (TASR) – Whether Smer-SD ends up in Government or Opposition, the fight against fascism will form the main characteristic trait of its politics, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Monday. Fico spoke on the occasion of the 77th anniversary of the first Slovak state’s founding, as he

Police: Drunk Driver Caught Doing 231 km/h on D2 Motorway

Police: Drunk Driver Caught Doing 231 km/h on D2 Motorway

Bratislava, March 9 (TASR) – The police on Tuesday pulled over a 31-year-old driver who was travelling at 231 kilometres per hour and under the influence of alcohol on the D2 motorway in the direction of Bratislava, Bratislava Region police spokesman Michal Szeiff told TASR on Wednesday. The driver exceeded the

President Holds Ceremonial Lunch to Mark International Women's Day

President Holds Ceremonial Lunch to Mark International Women's Day

Bratislava, March 8 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska at Presidential Palace on Tuesday organised a lunch for ten women from various social groups and regions to mark International Women’s Day, and debate about the weekend’s general election and the women’s perspective of Slovakia. “March 8 is a day