Regional News from Slovakia

(Thu 16 Jun 05) One third of Slovaks will not enjoy a summer holiday this year, Pravda daily reported. The most frequent reason is financial problems but also life...

(Tue 14 Jun 05) Thanks to the sunny weather, securing and cleaning works proceeded in four villages in the Humenne district (Kosice region) that were hard hit by storms...

(Mon 06 Jun 05) On Monday morning, the police launched security operation Jastrab (Hawk) on Slovakia's roads. Simultaneously, the operation started in the Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Hungary and...

(Mon 30 May 05) A part of the High Tatras national park forest caught fire on Saturday. Fire fighters from the town of Poprad have been fighting the fire...

(Tue 24 May 05) Construction was launched on Monday near the village of Teplicka nad Vahom for infrastructure necessary for South Korean carmaker Hyundai/Kia's car assembly plant. "The first...

(Mon 23 May 05) Weather on Thursday wreaked havoc in the natural region of Zemplin (eastern Slovakia) as cellars were inundated by torrents of floodwater and fierce gusts of...

(Wed 11 May 05) A Slovak MI-24D military helicopter crashed on Tuesday evening during a training flight near the army airport of Raznany in east Slovakia, killing the three...

(Tue 26 Apr 05) Slovakia may compensate landowners who sold their plots for the Hyundai/Kia car assembly plant for 142 SKK per square meter, Economy Minister Pavol Rusko said...

(Thu 21 Apr 05) Owners of the lands destined for the future Kia car factory near Zilina have won. The Cabinet decided to pay them 350 crowns (almost 9...

(Fri 15 Apr 05) Several Icelandic companies expressed their interest in assisting with one of the greatest projects for the use of geothermal energy near Kosice. Representatives of the...