‘Fair Play’ gets most nominations for top film award

January 15, 2015

The Czech film ‘Fair Play’ by director Andrea Sedláčková has emerged
as an early favourite for the top domestic film awards, the Český Lev,
with the most nominations for the main award. The film recounts the

Latest issue of Charlie Hebdo will arrive to Slovakia

January 15, 2015

THE LATEST issue of French satiric magazine Charlie Hedbo will come also to the Slovak newsstands. The exporter of French press will offer in Slovakia.

From Vienna to Buenos Aires with Internationally Renowned Artists Jose Cueto and Nancy Roldan

January 15, 2015

On Friday, January 23 at 8PM, international performers will offer music from several nations. The concert by two international artists Puerto Rican born violinist Jose Miguel Cueto and Argentine pianist Nancy Roldan is divided into "Old World" and "New World."

Many Could Get Back Lost Dual Citizenship

January 14, 2015

Some of the troubles caused in Slovakia by the introduction of the so-called Citizenship Act will soon be sorted as the government plans to return citizenship to over 900 or so people who lost it as a result wrangling between Hungary and Slovakia.

Most foreigners using free trains are Czechs

January 14, 2015

THE VAST majority of around 3,000 foreigners who have applied for free rail travel in Slovakia are pensioners from the Czech Republic.

Petrol prices are falling, but slowly

January 14, 2015

DECREASING crude oil prices is pushing prices at petrol stations down, but not as fast as in neighbouring countries and the Antimonopoly Office (PMÚ) is set to investigate.

More than 80 ski resorts are running

January 14, 2015

MORE THAN 80 ski resorts are currently open and operating across Slovakia. The depth of snow on ski slopes where artificial snow is also used is at 30 to 50 centimetres in average. The skiing conditions in the localities are good to very good, the SITA newswire reported.

VW will invest €500 million

January 14, 2015

BRATISLAVA-based carmaker Volkswagen Slovakia (VW SK) will invest about €500 million into building a new and more up-to-date body-welding unit.

Annual inflation down

January 14, 2015

THE YEAR-on-year inflation dropped by 0.1 percent in December 2014, while the core inflation increased by 0.2 percent and net inflation by 0.4 percent, the Statistics Office (ŠÚ) informed on January 14.

Pastorek becomes government’s proxy

January 14, 2015

DEPARTING head of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) Jaromír Pastorek will become the new government’s proxy for science, according to a decision passed by the government at its January 14 session.

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