LOSS-MAKING online bank Zuno, operating in Slovakia and the Czech Republic will be under new ownership as the Austrian owners have sold it to the biggest private Russian bank Alfa.
AFTER years among the world's elite, Slovak cyclist Peter Sagan won his first medal at the UCI men’s world championship road race in Richmond, Virginia.
TWO female hikers from Latvia died in the High Tatra mountains during the night between Saturday and Sunday, probably of hypothermia, the Mountain Rescue Service (HZS), the TASR newswire wrote on September 27.
THE “PRIDE Dúhové Košice / Košice Rainbow Pride event took place on theafternoon ofSeptember 26, with the slogan “The Rainbow Connects Together”, attended by about 200, mainly young, people.
THE FOREIGN and European Affairs Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Miroslav Lajčák, currently on a trip in the USA, attended celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Cleveland Agreement in Cleveland, Ohio on September 26.
THE PUBLISHER Ede Feitzinger enjoys a special popularity among collectors of old postcards. This postcard of the village of Važec in the Liptov-region from the beginning of the 20th century shows the reasons why; he consistently showed interesting details and included people, as seen in this postcard.
THE NUMBER of prematurely born babies, babies with congenital anomalies or difficult post-partum adaptation is increasing in Slovakia.
SEVERAL cases recently occurred in which persons falsified a doctor’s prescription – usually for a rare or expensive medicine – and then had the bogus prescription filled at a pharmacy, causing extensive damage.
Slovakia falls behind neighbours amid lack of donors.
“ONE has very mixed feelings when standing at the airport and after a brief introduction is boarding a plane,” said Martin Hépal, architect from Trnava, of his skydive.
