Regional News from Slovakia

(Tue 06 Sep 05) The new Apollo bridge was officially opened in Bratislava on Sunday. The Apollo bridge is the fifth bridge over the Danube river in the Slovak...

(Tue 16 Aug 05) Heavy rain in the Presov region, East Slovakia forced the local authorities to announce a state of emergency on Tuesday in some villages in the...

(Thu 11 Aug 05) Up to 40 centimetres of snow has already fallen in the High Tatras, at an altitude of 1,600 metres above sea-level and higher. The Mountain...

(Tue 09 Aug 05) Police didn't record any public order infringements during the Slovtek techno-party, which took place in the village of Potor (Banska Bystrica region) on Saturday evening....

(Fri 05 Aug 05) A large forest fire that broke out on July 30 in the High Tatras, destroying 230 hectares of woodland, was successfully extinguished on Wednesday. Firefighters...

(Thu 04 Aug 05) Juraj Lukac, the head of the Association of Forestry Conservationists, has recently asked Agriculture Minister Zsolt Simon to take political responsibility for the fire in...

(Wed 03 Aug 05) The forest fire in the High Tatras that has destroyed 230 hectares of woodland is now under control, although smouldering patches are constantly appearing on...

(Tue 02 Aug 05) After November’s devastating windstorm, the High Tatras forests face another natural disaster, a major forest fire outbreak near the settlement of Tatranska Polianka on Saturday....

(Tue 26 Jul 05) More than 160 young Christians attended the 15th annual meeting of the Slovak Christian Youth Organisation in the Low Tatras Mountains on Saturday. Parliamentary Chairman...

(Fri 01 Jul 05) A huge forest fire destroyed around 50 hectares in the Low Tatra Mountains. It destroyed the trees left in the area after the calamity last...