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Slovak Tourism Agency and Via Carpathia to Promote Slovakia

Bratislava, April 3 (TASR) - Brazil and India represent two important markets, on which the Visegrad Four (V4) countries intend to co-operate in promoting tourism activities in 2010, TASR learned from the Slovak Tourism Agency's (SACR) foreign relations department head Livia Lukacova on Saturday. The plan involves presenting tourism products of Slovakia, the Czech Republic,… read more

Young Man\'s Condition Stabilised, But Still Serious After Thursday\'s Train Crash

Kosice, April 3 (TASR) - The health condition of 24-year-old Jozef P., the sole survivor of four people who were on board the electric locomotive that crashed into a passenger train in Spisska Nova Ves (Kosice region) railway station on Thursday, is stabilised, however still very serious. According to Jaroslava Oravcova, spokesperson of the Louis Pasteur Faculty Hospital… read more

Presidents Gasparovic and Medvedev to Sign Joint Declaration

Bratislava, April 3 (TASR) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will arrive to Slovakia for a two-day visit on April 6, TASR learned from the Slovak President's spokesman Marek Trubac on Saturday. Along with the Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic, Medvedev will sign a joint declaration, marking the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe and Slovak-Russian… read more

Slovaks Venerate Fire on White Saturday

Bratislava, April 11 (TASR-SLOVAKIA) - For Catholics, White Saturday symbolises the resurrection of Jesus Christ and is one of the most significant holidays. In Catholic churches all over Slovakia, celebrations on the eve of Easter Sunday begin after dusk. Holy liturgies begin with the blessing of fire and the Easter candle Pascal, which symbolises the resurrection of… read more

Klatik: Good Friday Is Peak of Christ\'s Suffering

Bratislava, April 2 (TASR) - For Christians of the Evangelical denomination, Good Friday is a great and important holiday, which provides a vivid picture of the peak of the suffering of Jesus - his torture, crucifixion and the death at Calvary, general bishop of the Evangelical Church in Slovakia (ECAV) Milos Klatik has told TASR. According to Klatik, Jesus's statement… read more

Most-Hid Aims to Set Up Body Supporting Minority Cultures

Bratislava, April 2 (TASR) - Slovakia is a country of cultural diversity, which makes it necessary to preserve and develop the culture of each nation and ethnic group, Dusan Hegli of Most-Hid party's working group has told TASR. "We aim to set up a Culture Fund in Slovakia, which would be a sort of third pillar for culture funding," said Hegli. If Most-Hid succeeds in… read more

Slovakia\'s Roman Catholics Follow Stations of the Cross on Good Friday

Bratislava, April 2 (TASR) - Roman Catholics in Slovakia embarked on Stations of the Cross processions in churches and to hill-top crosses on Good Friday to commemorate Christ's Passion. A Way of the Cross procession led by archbishop of Bratislava Stanislav Zvolensky began in Bratislava's St. Martin's Cathedral in the morning. In the afternoon, Zvolensky officiated… read more

Slovaks Commemorate Suffering and Death of Jesus

Bratislava, April 2 (TASR) - The suffering and death of Jesus Christ is commemorated on Good Friday by believers in Slovakia, along with Christians all over the world. His followers observe the day when, according to the Bible, God's Son suffered and died for the sins of man in order to become the people's saviour and bring them the prospect of eternal salvation.… read more

Analysts: Maintaining Deficit at 5.5 % of GDP Difficult But Possible

Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - The deficit of the state budget has grown to €983 million in March 2010 from €780 million in February. In March of 2009 the deficit was at €205 million. However, Volksbank Slovensko analyst Vladimir Vano thinks that Slovakia is still on track to keep this year's deficit under 5.5 percent of GDP. For 2010, the projected deficit is to… read more

SaS to Present Petition Sheets for Referendum to President

Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - Extraparliamentary party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) said on Thursday that it would complete its pre-election campaign for the June 12 general election with a formal presentation of petition sheets for a SAS-organised referendum on topical social issues to Slovakia's President on June 9. The party will hand over the sheets in front of Presidential… read more

Three People Killed in Train Crash in Spisska Nova Ves (UPDATE)

Spisska Nova Ves, April 1 (TASR) - At least three people were killed and ten were injured, one seriously, in a train crash at the railway station in Spisska Nova Ves (Kosice region) shortly before noon on Thursday. According to a Fire and Rescue Corps dispatcher, the Corps is currently at the scene. The accident took place when an Slovak Cargo (ZSSKC) electric locomotive… read more

Sulik: Slovak Doctorates Won\'t Be Recognised in Germany Due to Fraud

Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - The extra-parliamentary Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party, which hopes to get into Parliament after the June 12 general election, has learnt that doctorate degrees gained in Slovak universities won't be recognised in Germany, party co-founder and chairman Richard Sulik said on Friday. Referring to documentary evidence available to TASR,… read more

Almost 2,000 Guns Surrendered Two Months Before End of Amnesty

Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - Two months away from the end of a weapons amnesty during which people can hand over any illegally held arms for destruction without facing prosecution, close to 2,000 guns have been collected, police told TASR on Thursday. The second weapons amnesty between November 1-May 31, 2010 follows an earlier one in 2005-06 during which 3,490 guns were… read more

Turkish Investor Comes to Smolenice to Produce Painting Materials

Smolenice, April 1 (TASR) - A joint Slovak-Turkish company called IBA Chemolak, which was set up by Chemolak Smolenice (Trnava region) and IBA Kimya from Ankara, began operations aimed at producing powdered painting materials in Smolenice on Thursday. The investments of Chemolak and IBA Kimya amount to €500,000 each, said marketing department director Marian Gombik.… read more

Fico Dismisses Pledges to Reduce Social Contributions as Lies

Bratislava, April 1 (TASR) - The introduction of elements of progressiveness into income tax on individuals is a matter of principle and the state wouldn't profit much from such a measure, Prime Minister Robert Fico said at his meeting with representatives of the French-Slovak Chamber of Commerce in Bratislava on Thursday. "Just to avoid creating the impression that we… read more