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Kazimir: Filko Was My Closest Aide, His Passing Hurts Me

Kazimir: Filko Was My Closest Aide, His Passing Hurts Me

Bratislava, April 13 (TASR) – “Martin Filko was my closest aide and a friend, so his passing hurts me both personally and professionally,” Finance Minister Peter Kazimir said Wednesday after Filko’s dead body was found in the Danube River near the village of Dobrohost in Dunajska Streda district (Trnava region)

Dead Body Found in Danube River Identified as Martin Filko

Dead Body Found in Danube River Identified as Martin Filko

Bratislava/Dobrohost, April 13 (TASR) – A dead body that was found on Wednesday in the Danube River near the village of Dobrohost in Dunajska Streda district (Trnava region) has been identified as belonging to missing Financial Policy Institute (IFP) director Martin Filko, Martina Kredatusova of the Regional Police Corps Directorate

Bears Attempt to Break into Houses in High Tatras

Bears Attempt to Break into Houses in High Tatras

Bratislava, April 8 (TASR) – Vysoke Tatry (High Tatras) town council on Friday declared a state of emergency due to the frequent appearance of bears in inhabited areas, including five attempts by bears to break into people’s houses. Vysoke Tatry mayor Jan Mokos at a press conference on Friday stressed

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