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TASR Receives Award for Active Cooperation with UCM University in Trnava

Bratislava, September 20 (TASR) – In recognition of its active cooperation with the Trnava-based St. Cyril and Methodius University (UCM), the News Agency of the Slovak Republic (TASR) has received the UCM Memorial Medal on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the university’s founding.

TASR general director Vladimir Puchala was presented with the medal by UCM rector Katarina Slobodova Novakova on Monday (September 19).

“I thank the rector and UCM for this award. We highly esteem it. We teach students of UCM’s Massmedia Communications Faculty what is inherent in us – respect for facts and clear sources, thereby building trust in public-service products. A combination of practice and education proves to be very useful in this case,” stated Puchala.

TASR has been providing lessons in a subject called agency journalism at UCM’s Massmedia Communications Faculty. The course is a two-semester optional one for students in the third year of bachelor study and the first year of their master’s. Such cooperation between TASR and UCM has been taking place for three years, during which a hundred students have completed the course.

Balik: Slovakia Able to Catch Up with Czechs in Science, Research and Innovation

Prague, August 22 (TASR-correspondent) - If Slovakia wants to be successful, it must support innovation much more - the Czechs invest in this area twice as much as the Slovak Republic, Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Peter Balik emphasised for TASR after negotiations in Prague, adding that, however, Slovakia

Dutch Experts Discuss Protection of Journalists in Slovakia

Bratislava, September 29 (TASR) – Dutch experts discussed the options for protecting journalists in Slovakia, presenting measures used in the Netherlands at a news conference in Bratislava on Thursday. The experts pointed to the importance of cooperation between employers, employees, the police and the prosecution service. “From the viewpoint of employers,

Education Minister Could Be Appointed Next Week, Premier Didn't Say Name

Bratislava, September 22 (TASR) – The new education minister could be appointed next week, Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) said during the traditional Question Time in Parliament, which takes place on Thursday afternoons when the house is in session. Heger didn’t want to say the name of the new head

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