Nestled snug between the Little Carpathians mountain range and the Trnvka river is Trnava, a city known as Little Rome because of its smattering of churches and Roman Catholic allegiance. No one would call it a staple of the European tourist circuit, but French carmaker Peugeot calls it home.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Miroslav Lajčák met with his Maltese counterpart George Vella, who was accompanying the President of the Republic of Malta, George Abela, during his official visit to Slovakia.
Output prices of the domestic market dropped by 0,1 % in December 2013, compared with November 2013. Prices fell in electricity, gas, steam and air-conditioning supply by 0,6 % and in water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation by 0,1 %.
Sochi, Krasnaya Polyana, Russia — Anastasiya Kuzmina of Slovakia won the Olympic gold medal in the women's 7.5-kilometer sprint Sunday, successfully defending her title from the Vancouver Games four years ago.
Slovakia's ice hockey men's team failed, while the United States made a powerful statement of intent in the Olympic men's hockey competition with a 7-1 demolition of Slovakia in the opening Group A game.
Slovenia became the surprise of the 2014 Olympic men's hockey tournament by posting a 3-1 win against Slovakia. For the first time in their nation’s history, Slovenia won an Olympic hockey game.
Slovakia scored three straight goals, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the four-goal deficit built by the Czech Republic in their Sochi Olympics playoff qualifier on Wednesday.
In this week’s Business News: low inflation seen through 2015; Hopin taxi
offer rides in from Slovakia; two-thirds of Czech companies see corruption
as part of environment; Kofola mulls share offer; and legal battle beckons
for ‘Little Mole’ rights
