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Solymos: Gabcikovo Power Plant Needs Repairs Worth €144.5 million

Solymos: Gabcikovo Power Plant Needs Repairs Worth €144.5 million

Gabcikovo, October 25 (TASR) – After more than 20 years in operation the Gabcikovo Hydroelectric Power Plant (Trnava region) on the Danube River needs some repairs that will cost more than €140 million, stated Environment Minister Laszlo Solymos (Most-Hid) on Wednesday. Solymos was speaking in Gabcikovo after an away-from-home Cabinet session

Ersek: Highest and Lowest Bid Might be Excluded in Highway Tenders

Ersek: Highest and Lowest Bid Might be Excluded in Highway Tenders

Bratislava, October 23 (TASR) – The highest and lowest price bid might be automatically excluded from highway construction tenders, Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) said at the Meeting of Slovak Construction Leaders in Bratislava on Monday. “This is my vision, one of the alternatives that might at least partly

Fico and Orban Launch Construction of Cross-border Bridge over Danube

Fico and Orban Launch Construction of Cross-border Bridge over Danube

Komarom, October 17 (TASR-correspondent) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban on Tuesday ceremonially launched the construction of a cross-border bridge between Slovakia and Hungary over the Danube River that is set to link the towns of Komarom on the Hungarian side and Komarno (Nitra

Svrcinovec-Skalite D3-motorway Stretch Opened for Motorists

Svrcinovec-Skalite D3-motorway Stretch Opened for Motorists

Svrcinovec, June 10 (TASR) – The more than 15-kilometre D3-motorway stretch between Svrcinovec and Skalite (Zilina region) leading from the Svrcinovec intersection to the Polish border crossing was opened for motorists on Saturday, TASR learnt on the same day. According to Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid), the newly opened

ZSR Organises Simulated Colllision of Trains and Car

ZSR Organises Simulated Colllision of Trains and Car

Bratislava, June 8 (TASR) – The state-run rail infrastructure owner Zeleznice Slovenskej Republiky (ZSR) organised a simulated collision of train engines with a passenger car at a railroad crossing in Bratislava’s borough of Raca on Thursday. For the collision, a set of two engines weighing about 174 tonnes crashed at

Transport Minister Taps Foundation Stone of Presov Bypass

Transport Minister Taps Foundation Stone of Presov Bypass

Presov, May 30 (TASR) – By tapping the foundation stone on Tuesday, Transport and Construction Minister Arpad Ersek (Most-Hid) and representatives of the National Highway Company (NDS) symbolically launched the construction of the Presov West-Presov South D1-motorway section, TASR learnt on the same day. The almost eight-kilometre motorway stretch will be

Kiska Vetoes Legislation Amending Expropriation Proceedings

Kiska Vetoes Legislation Amending Expropriation Proceedings

Bratislava, May 18 (TASR) – President Andrej Kiska has vetoed legislation designed to enable the state to start a certain amount of construction work on land on which future highways and other roads are to be built even before it’s expropriated, TASR learnt from the President’s Office on Thursday.