Good evening. Here is theTuesday, April 9edition of Today in Slovakia - the main news of the day in less than five minutes.
Government's problem with cadastre
The Fico government plans to limit access to cadastre data so that only registered users can have it, writes the news website Aktuality.sk.
The Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre Authority is preparing to amend the Act on Real Estate Cadastre. The government justifies this with the need to protect the privacy of owners, arguing that there is "increasing criminality in relation to the misuse of personal data of owners of land or buildings."
This step would also make the work of journalists harder. The murdered journalist Ján Kuciak used the real estate cadastre. Thanks to the register, it's recently been revealed that Peter Pellegrini, the next Slovak president, uses a villa owned by MP Peter Náhlik.
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FEATURE STORY FOR TUESDAY
How to start your Slovak family history search
Michal Rázus (l) with his clients in front of the Museum of Emigration from Slovakia to North America in Pavlovce nad Uhom-Ťahyňa, eastern Slovakia. (source: Archive of Michal Rázus)
Genealogist Michal Rázus likens searching for ancestors to baking a cake. While someone likes to bake it on their own and improve the recipe until it is perfect, others prefer to go to patisserie to enjoy a cake.
In an interview with The Slovak Spectator, he explains where to start this search, but also why he became a genealogist.
APRIL EVENTS IN TRNAVA
A chance to mingle
(source: trnava.sk/Baterkáreň)
The Trnava environment and reuse centre, Baterkáreň, in cooperation with the local integration centre, ConnecTT, will organise a series of events for foreigners living in the city and local people in April.
Foreigners and local people can look forward to the popular language café, the Cultural Night, as well as a commented screening of videos and photos from far-flung countries. There will also be workshops, a press release reads.
More details about the events can be found here.
In other news
The Russian embassy is by far the most active of all embassies on Slovak Facebook, followed by Ukraine, South Korea, the UK and France. Kazakhstan (6th place) and China (7th place) ranked high. The US embassy ended in 14th place.(Denník N)
Thirty years have passed on April 8 since the murder of six Vietnamese, which took place in 1994 in a warehouse on Stará Vajnorská Road in Bratislava. Both murderers - Viliam Hauser and Róbert Matta - are serving life sentences. The motive was loot in various currencies. (TASR)
Investment Minister Richard Raši (Hlas) announced the end of Slovensko IT. "The company was unable to help the state and generate profit," Raši said. The state joint-stock company was founded in 2020 in Košice by the then investment minister Veronika Remišová. It was supposed to improve state IT services. However, between the years 2020 and 2023, employee utilisation hovered around 45 percent. (Denník N)
Deputy Environment Minister Filip Kuffa flew a helicopter on April 5 over Rozsutce peaks in the Malá Fatra National Park. However, he didn't have permission to fly above this area. The authorities will investigate the situation.
On Tuesday, President Zuzana Čaputová began a series of farewell visits abroad. Her first stop was Germany, where she met with her counterpart Frank Walter Steinmeier. (source: X/Zuzana Čaputová)
It's unclear who will replace Peter Pellegrini as speaker of parliament. If one of the two Hlas ministers, Denisa Saková (economy) or Richard Raši (investment), will take on this job, the coalition will have to find a new minister. TV Markíza reports that Hlas also wants to obtain the Culture Ministry from the nationalist SNS party and exchange it for the Education Ministry.
Slovakia's foreign trade ended in surplus in February. Exports were higher than imports by almost €650 million. However, the value of exports was lower year-on-year. Its decrease was the largest since September 2021, and it was mainly affected by the export of cars, announced the Statistics Office.
Bratislava-Vajnory confirmed that there was an error in the minutes in their voting district. The result was altered by the commission, resulting in the victory of Peter Pellegrini over Ivan Korčok. According to the State Electoral Commission, they will not correct the error. A total of 3,315 people cast the vote in Vajnory. (Denník N)
WEATHER FOR WEDNESDAY: Expect partly clear skies, with occasional cloud cover. Showers or rain are possible intermittently throughout the day. Temperatures will be cooling down compared to previous days. In general, daytime temperatures will range from 19°C to 26°C. However, in western Slovakia and in the Žilina Region, temperatures will be slightly cooler, ranging from 11°C to 18°C.
Wind warnings will be in place in most regions of western Slovakia and in the Košice Region. (SHMÚ)
APRIL 10 NAME DAY IN SLOVAKIA: Igor.
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