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Transport Minister Árpád Érsek

Transport minister proposes quicker expropriation

Neither the opposition nor experts knew about the change that is expected to become effective on May 15.

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Leasing of trucks at record high

Though the increase was impacted particularly by higher demand for buses and trolleybuses, clients leased trailer trucks and lorries the most.

Bratislava card offers more for tourists this year

Tourists can use the card throughout the whole Bratislava region.

People lease mostly cars.

Leasing deals on the rise

The market was driven mostly by vehicles, while the financing of machines, devices and technologies dropped compared with the previous year.

Drivers should prepare for major road works on the D1 highway

The closures will last from the morning of April 29 until the evening of April 30.

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Train travel to Košice via south to return

The Transport Ministry will restore the operation of fast trains on the southern route as of June.

Police turn down complaint against Uber

Taxi drivers plan a protest drive in Bratislava on April 26.

Prince Albert II of Monaco (r) and Juraj Vaculík, CEO and co-founder of AeroMobil, unveiled the latest prototype of a flying car in Monaco on April 20.

Slovak AeroMobil starts taking pre-orders for its flying car

The company is losing a key figure – inventor Štefan Klein.

The station in Komárno now bears signs in Slovak as well as Hungarian.

Two railway stations in southern Slovakia get bilingual signs

Gradually 55 bilingual signs will be installed by the end of September.

Taxi drivers protested against Uber already in 2015.

Drivers in Bratislava should prepare for worse traffic

Dissatisfied taxi drivers will go on a protest ride from Petržalka to Lamač on Wednesday.

Ivan Trhlík

Transport minister silently replaces Bratislava airport director

The ministry explained the change as a natural exchange of managerial posts.

Taxi drivers rallied against Uber in Bratislava.

Dissatisfied taxi drivers envisage more protests unless authorities act

Alternative taxi services such as Uber, cost taxi drivers 30-40 percent of their fares in Bratislava last year.

RegioJet wants to substitute state trains

Transport Ministry says the carrier will not provide adequate service.

The airport in Poprad below the High Tatras.

Slovak low-cost airline wants to launch domestic flights

First flights are already planned for early May.

Train control system

Siemens competence centre in Žilina recruits new employees

Increased automation in rail and underground transport systems around the world means that within three years the facility should double their employees.

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Children should study transport

The event in Vrútky focused on motivating children choose vocational schools focusing on transport occupations.

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V4 to join forces in water transport

By 2030, as much as 30 percent of road transport in the European Union should be diversified to include alternative transport possibilities, including waterways.

Žilina airport handles about 8,000 flights a year.

Untapped potential of regional airports

Regional airports rely on charter flights and tourism but regular connections are lacking.

From June 25 it would be much easier for Košičans to visit the cathedral in German Cologne.

Košice airport now offers direct flights to Cologne

Hungarian Wizz Air will launch the route on June 25.

Speed is limited in the D1 highway section near Blatné (Senec area) due to construction works.

Construction works limit highway near Senec

Construction works to extend a road close to Bratislava started on April 1, to last for eight months, and limiting the number of lanes available on the highway.

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