THE YOUNG black stork rescued near the town of Svit (Prešov Region) in early July is doing well and, after going through a recovery programme, it has been placed in a nest of another pair of black storks who have ended up adopting the youth.
THOUSANDS of people attended the opening of the new football stadium in Trnava on August 22, which is the first in Slovakia to meet the UEFA criteria.
THE METHODOLOGY and Pedagogy Centre (MPC) in Bratislava, which runs under the Education Ministry, sent €459,555 to a fraudulent account, following an email informing it about an account number change.
PROSECUTOR Jozef Čentéš halted the criminal prosecution in the case of wiretapping journalists of the Pravda daily by the now-defunct Military Defence Intelligence (VOS).
ITALIAN company Enel has begun exclusive talks with Energetický a Průmyslový Holding (EPH) to sell its 66 percent stake in Slovenské Elektrárne (SE), Slovakia’s main electricity producer, to the Czech energy company, the Reuters newswire reported on August 24.
THE VRBA-WETZLER memorial march that follows in the footsteps of the famous Auschwitz refugees who informed the world about the Jewish genocide during World War II will end in Žilina, where experts on holocaust history and intellectuals from Slovakia and the Czech Republic will meet at an international conference and seminar on August 26.
TWO young men, a Slovak and a Czech, who got scholarships for study in South Korea, launched a non-typical business there – the special cake characteristic of the western-Slovak region of Skalica, called trdelník.
INVESTMENT into research and development and nurturing start-up friendly ecosystem are key to innovative and creative economy, says Korean Ambassador to Slovakia, Sang hoon Park. This is an aim that Korea is looking to share with Slovakia as well as other countries of the Visegrad Group (V4).
AGEING of the society is a problem most European countries face nowadays, while Japan has been dealing with it for even longer than Europe. To cope with the challenges posed by the rapid ageing of society, labour markets need to be inclusive, Japanese Ambassador Akio Egawa suggests, saying that not only should the elderly be prompted to keep active, but also the power of women should be taken into account.
IMAGINE a wild meadow. Do you see all the colours and the countless flowers, each of them unique?
