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Demonstrators Block Road to Poland to Make Case for Motorway

Demonstrators Block Road to Poland to Make Case for Motorway

Kysucky Lieskovec, March 14 (TASR) – Protesters blocked the I/11 road between Zilina and the border with Poland on Tuesday in a second protest demanding the speedy completion of the D3 motorway, TASR learnt later in the day. Mayor of the town of Kysucke Nove Mesto (Zilina region) Jan Hartel

Pellegrini: 2021 Might Be Year of Self-driving Cars

Pellegrini: 2021 Might Be Year of Self-driving Cars

Tel Aviv, January 31 (TASR-correspondent) – The year 2021 could be the year of fully autonomous cars operated by artificial intelligence, stated Slovak Vice-premier for Investments and Informatisation Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) in his speech at the global CyberTech 2017 conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday. “Small countries have to be open

State-Run ZSSK Introduces Three New IC Trains to Kosice, Scraps One

State-Run ZSSK Introduces Three New IC Trains to Kosice, Scraps One

Bratislava, January 26 (TASR) – State-run rail passenger carrier Zeleznicna Spolocnost Slovensko (ZSSK) will introduce three pairs of new InterCity (IC) trains on the Bratislava-Kosice route as of February, ZSSK economic director Patrik Horny told a news conference in Bratislava on Thursday. Meanwhile, ZSSK will scrap one of its current pairs

Construction of D3-motorway Stretch in Kysuce Launched in Cadca

Construction of D3-motorway Stretch in Kysuce Launched in Cadca

Cadca, January 24 (TASR) – The construction of a D3 motorway section in the Kysuce area was launched on Tuesday by tapping the foundation stone in the centre of the town of Cadca (Zilina region). The 5.6-kilometre Cadca-Bukov-Svrcinovec (Zilina region) stretch will be built by a consortium of Strabag, PORR

Navigation on Danube River between Bratislava and Gabcikovo Halted

Navigation on Danube River between Bratislava and Gabcikovo Halted

Bratislava, January 21 (TASR) – Navigation on the Danube River between Bratislava and the Gabcikovo Waterworks has been halted due to unfavourable weather and ice floes, Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) told a news conference on Saturday. Ersek visited the waterworks along with Environment Minister Laszlo Solymos (Most-Hid) earlier

Ersek and RegioJet Don't Agree, Latter Dropping Bratislava-Kosice Route

Ersek and RegioJet Don't Agree, Latter Dropping Bratislava-Kosice Route

Bratislava, January 11 (TASR) – The Transport and Construction Ministry didn’t come to an agreement with private carrier RegioJet at its meeting on Wednesday, and the Czech company will therefore stop serving the Bratislava-Kosice rail route as of January 31, TASR learnt on the same day. “We’ll do our

Trencin and Ruzomberok Mayors Ask Minister for IC Train Stops

Trencin and Ruzomberok Mayors Ask Minister for IC Train Stops

Trencin, January 5 (TASR) – Trencin mayor Richard Rybnicek is sending an open letter to Transport, Construction and Regional Development Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) requesting that he should reconsider the decision to stop providing Trencin and the towns of Ruzomberok and Liptovsky Mikulas (Zilina region) with the state-run InterCity (IC) train