SLOVAK race walker Matej Tóth (of VŠC Dukla Banská Bystrica sports club) won a gold medal in the 50 kilometre walk at the World Championships in Beijing, while also winning the overall title in the prestigious IAAF Race Walking Challenge series.
THE NUMBER of millionaires in Slovakia has increased year-on-year by more than 9 percent to 4,200 – which is twice as fast as growth among the rest of Europe.
SLOVAK International Air Fest (SIAF) 2015, the biggest air show in the country, took place between August 29 and 30 and attracted almost 140,000 visitors who were offered static and dynamic demonstrations and acrobatics by pilots from 14 countries.
ON THE WEEKEND of August 29-30, Slovak police discovered 60 foreigners mostly from Syria in suspicious vans near the city of Žilina – in northern Slovakia – and in Štúrovo in the south of the country.
SLOVAKIA commemorates the 71st anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (SNP), one of the key moments in Slovakia’s World War II history, when rebels in the Nazi-allied Slovak state stood up to the oppressive regime.
THE WESTERN Tatras began welcoming hikers and tourists later than the neighbouring High Tatras. This was mainly due to the mountain range’s remote nature and more difficult accessibility.
THE SPA town of Turčianske Teplice will see engineering revived after several years.
GOOD location, stability and human resources are among the main reasons Korean investors come to Slovakia.
AS SLOVAK cyclist Peter Sagan began having success at the 2010 Tour de France, the whole country began showing symptoms of what media calls the “Sagan effect”.
