a town situated between Lučenec and the Hungarian town of Salgótarján a village in southern Slovakia known for its Šomoška Castle a little-known site called the Stone Room (Kamenná izba) has opened to the public This gorge features a 14-metre-high sandstone wall and occasional waterfall or icefall, depending on the season, writes My Novohrad “We have natural riches and landmarks such as the mentioned castle and Šomoška and Mačacia educational trails but we are continuously working to keep visitors here as long as possible,” says Peter Badinka mayor of Šiatorská Bukovinka This spectacular location in the Novohrad-Nógrád UNESCO Geopark has significant potential for further development which stretches from the village of Kalonda to the highest peak of the Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area “There is the possibility of connecting it via a cycling route,” notes the mayor A helping hand in the heart of Europe offers a travel guide of Slovakia director of the Cerová vrchovina Protected Landscape Area Administration added that the idea of opening up this neglected site had been under consideration a long time “I'm pleased that within the Cerová vrchovina the youngest volcanic mountain range in Slovakia something attractive that tourists can't see elsewhere has been added to the list of attractions,” said Belanová highlighting that the area is particularly interesting for geology enthusiasts The area of Šiatorská Bukovinka boasts two other declining castles which could become tourist attractions in the future The village will soon open a new guesthouse and there are plans to build a caravan campsite to encourage longer stays in the region Vice-chair of the Banská Bystrica Self-Governing Region for Regional Development emphasises that people want to explore the region’s locations He asserts that these areas need to be enhanced and made accessible to both Slovak and foreign tourists “I often say that our region is like a sleeping princess blessed by God with much natural and cultural wealth,” concludes Beljak A helping hand in the heart of Europe thanks to the Slovakia travel guide with more than 1,000 photos and hundreds of tourist spots Our detailed travel guide to the Tatras introduces you to the whole region around the Tatra mountains Lost in Bratislava? It's impossible with our City Guide This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page The first US basketball players came to play in Slovakia in the nineties A glossary of words is also published online When Kyle Castlin was approached by the Slovak basketball club BKM Lučenec before the summer to join the team having missed the past season in America due to the pandemic “I was excited to have a team that believed in me and gave me the opportunity to come and play,” the US basketball player said BKM Lučenec was the first club to reach out to him Castlin played for university basketball teams and even the G League The club in the south of central Slovakia is Castlin’s first overseas stint The humble and hard-working achiever scored 181 points in nine games and is one of the top players in the Slovak Basketball League This is Sokolovsky’s first experience as head coach we’re making fans proud by how we’re performing,” said Castlin adding that the city locals are friendly and the team has great chemistry The baller hopes that BKM Lučenec can win the title and make the city proud has a long way to go as it is early in the season in addition to Castlin and his two teammates Desure Buie and Che Bob who play for seven other Slovak basketball clubs in the top league have the same ambition American players have been joining Slovak clubs since the creation of the top league in 1993 and some have even represented the Slovak national team It is easy for clubs to sign them as the US market offers plenty of players; the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the US generates thousands of young basketball players but only a few make it to the NBA or Europe’s top leagues “The problem is to bring here a really good American player within our budgetary limits,” BKM Lučenec general manager Michal Matala said commending the brilliant work of US players on the team and The majority of US basketball players that come to Slovakia have played for universities or in lower-level leagues around the world until now “Competition among American players is huge,” said basketball journalist Tomáš Prokop “Those from universities play in Slovakia mainly to build their statistics and sell themselves to better leagues.” Therefore having a bigger role on the team is often the factor that can convince a player to join a Slovak club they must first get a handle on a new game European basketball is different from the American version not only when it comes to technicalities such as the size of courts and the painted area’s width He also believes teamwork is important on both sides of the Atlantic though some claim the NBA is very individualistic the general manager of the eastern Slovak team Iskra Svit is also convinced American players have contributed to enhancing the quality of the training process and the performance of Slovak players speaking of the quality of Slovak basketball Prokop pointed out one big problem: “Slovak clubs raise very few quality Slovak players and legionnaires have the upper hand on the court.” None of the Slovak players appear in the league table of the top 10 players Although American and other foreign players make the country’s top basketball league more attractive it does not necessarily result in success for individual teams but it is struggling to climb up from the bottom of the table has a lot of experience playing basketball across the globe He wanted to play basketball in Europe again so he accepted an offer from the small Svit club with a long basketball history and it gets good recognition,” Walker one of the most efficient centres in the league He does not even mind living in a quiet small town “People are nice and really support the team,” the player said “not to mention they have great views on nature and mountain life That’s one thing I’ll never forget about this country.” What the future holds for US players currently playing in Slovakia is hard to predict but Castlin and Walker are open to another season in Slovakia “You never know what tomorrow brings let alone next season,” the best BKM Lučenec player said When American Andre Jones joined the club BC Prievidza for one season in 2016 he did not have the slightest idea his life would change completely “I chose to play in Prievidza because they were playing the FIBA Europe Cup and the coach told me I would have a big role on the team,” he said noting the best teams he ever played for were in Hungary and Italy Though Jones did not have much time to explore Slovakia because he practiced a lot he went to local bars and met his future Slovak partner at one of them so I never really felt lonely or isolated,” the GGMT Vienna guard said Following in the footsteps of Americans Peter Lisicky and Kyle Kuric who was named Slovakia’s best basketball player in 2018 despite having never played for a Slovak club “I played for the national team three years in a row honouring the contract I signed to get the passport,” the US-Slovak player said noting he even missed his daughter’s birth so he could play for the team “It was an absolute honour to help represent the country.” If Walker were asked to join Slovakia’s national team he said he would consider it: “Coming from where I was raised let alone across the world to play for a national team.” Slovakia has become a second home for Jones where he has discovered that he has all the tools inside of him to be successful he would like to see the Slovak league grow and the government put more money into basketball talented players in the country,” Jones said The Spectator College is a programme designed to support the study and teaching of English in Slovakia as well as to inspire interest in important public issues among young people The Extreme Way of the Cross is coming to Lučenec in March for the first time people were attracted by the crosses on the trees They are related to an event that will premiere in the Novohrad region in the south of central Slovakia Father Pius of Pietrelcina with 14 stops is marked by the crosses regardless of whether or not they are religious it is important not to underestimate their strength because it is a 36.4-kilometre route with an elevation gain of 946 metres during which the weather can change at any time We have completed it more than once in a heavy downpour and wind It's exceptional in that people wander quietly immersed in their thoughts and meditating," explained Vincent Hoľpit is one of the fastest developing spiritual activities in the world it's a new form of spirituality," he added The rest of this article is premium content at Spectator.skSubscribe now for full access Immediate access to all locked articles (premium content) on Spectator.sk Special weekly news summary + an audio recording with a weekly news summary to listen to at your convenience (received on a weekly basis directly to your e-mail) PDF version of the latest issue of our newspaper Access to all premium content on Sme.sk and Korzar.sk A Roma who was not served in one cafe in Lučenec must be financially compensated and apologised to The decision in the anti-discrimination lawsuit has been announced by the Bratislava I District Court Ladislav Rácz should receive €1,500 from the cafe The staff refused to serve them on the grounds that it was a private club in which they provided services only to members based on a club card The staff asked Rácz to pay €300 per month for the issuance of the club card and claimed that everyone they had served had such a card When Rácz’s non-Roma partner later visited the cafe she was served and the staff did not ask her for any club card When she remarked that she had noticed on the door that entry was allowed only with a club card she was told that Roma were not allowed there When she told the staff that her Roma partner was in the cafe with her daughter half an hour ago and they were not served she was told that this was common practice the court stated that the racial discrimination to which the plaintiff was subjected is a particularly serious type of discrimination and requires special vigilance and a vigorous response Differentiating people based on a characteristic that they cannot influence “I consider it very important that the court accepted the lawsuit in full,” said Rácz’s lawyer Vanda Durbáková adding that the discrimination against Roma in terms of access to services is present in Slovakia to a certain extent to this day The lawyer added that the cafe was passive during the entire court proceedings and did not comment on the lawsuit at all the cafe’s rights and obligations were taken over by another entity during the court proceedings The proceedings at the district court lasted almost six years Entrepreneur Milan Kovalančík from Lučenec came up with the idea the owner of Mobilonline who has been selling and buying mobile phones for over 20 years has long been thinking about how broken mobile phones could be used for other than recycling After he came across the works of the young artist Jozef Stančík on the Internet “We met at our Mobilonline headquarters, put our heads together, and the artist created a beautiful picture,” Kovalančík told the My Novohrad website used 600 non-functional phones to create a two-metre-high portrait of the late Apple founder Steve Jobs Stančík worked on the picture for a week It was new experience for him as he had never used phones to create an artwork he had to first select suitable phones out of a thousand available to him he removed the batteries and arranged them to work well together Only then did he grab his paints and brushes “It was a jigsaw puzzle for adults,” he said Kovalančík and Stančík now intend to create more artwork like Jobs the artist has already been made an offer to create an environmental nature display in Dubai We're highlighting an unusual walking tour in Piešťany and a timeless Slovak specialty this week at first hesitated to pose in front of a camera but everyone passing by the Slovak National Gallery can now see her The picture of the mother sitting in a pink satin dress and breastfeeding her naked baby taken by Slovak photographer Šymon Kliman is exhibited in the art gallery window at Esterházy Palace in Bratislava The photograph will be on display until April 10 “The photo is reminiscent of the classic depiction of the Madonna a traditionally revered symbol of motherhood and love,” curator Lucia Almášiová said Find out why Kliman’s photographic series, Krásni ľudia/Beautiful People, is unique in its depiction of Roma people in Slovakia Library: The Week of Slovak Libraries will run next week This year’s topic will be “ECO libraries” and Bratislava Castle were the most visited museums falling under the Slovak National Museum in 2021 winter is more than just a season that inspires one to spend a little more time in hot the town’s “Piešťany by Winter” walking tours are back which take place twice a day on Saturdays until March 26 visitors can learn more about the town's spa by following in the footsteps of local businessperson Ľudovít Winter Winter died in 1968 as a poor pensioner because his spa complex had been nationalised Read more about one of the town’s more famous spa-goers and the tours that honour his memory The trdelník capital of Slovakia has a scrumptious history Skalica is notable for being one of the oldest towns in Slovakia but most people know it for it’s absolutely delicious speciality How to describe a singular beauty like Banská Štiavnica? The truth is it’s tough to describe this former mining town without being mawkish Elizabeth Báthory’s tenure at Čachtice Castle was only a short episode in its history but her name draws thousands of tourists every year Slovakia produced the best-quality films in the sixties so it is expected that experts have selected a production from this era as the film of the century a 1969 psychological drama directed by Dušan Hanák was voted the most exceptional Slovak film by 11 movie scientists and critics The Film.sk monthly decided to put together a list of 20 outstanding Slovak films from the past 100 years on the occasion of the centenary of Slovak cinematography, which the country marked last year. Click here to embark on a Slovak film odyssey. Slovak-English singer Gigi Ann, 17, has released her first single Devil in Disguise The music festival Love Stream has announced a new name to perform in Bratislava this summer Zara Larsson will join Dua Lipa and Red Hot Chili Peppers Ľudovít Fulla is one of Slovakia’s greatest artists his work was stored in a gallery close to crumbling A total of 67 of his oil paintings and other works on paper were removed from the Gallery of Ľudovít Fulla in Ružomberok in mid-February and taken to a national depositary where they will undergo restoration work and digitalisation While it remains unclear when the gallery will display the pictures again – a project for much-needed reconstruction work has been completed but financing has yet to be finalised – museum officials say the incident is the culmination of problems with the gallery building dating back over 50 years and which were first raised by Fulla himself Read more about its uncertain fate in Nina Hrabovská Francelová’s report The strongest pre-war steam locomotive called Zelený Anton (Green Anton) is back on the tracks People will have a chance to take a ride on the train in mid-June the ride is a unique and special experience The regional tourist organisation Touristic Novohrad and Podpoľanie (OOCR TNP) is organising a ride on the locomotive which was repaired in 2018 on June 18 it ran on the 100th anniversary of Czechoslovakia as a presidential train which originally used to transport presidents it will leave the depot only once as the Novohradský Express on June 18 – exactly on the 151st anniversary of the railway between Zvolen and Lučenec “A train drawn by a steam locomotive of the 486 series with production number 007 bringing to mind the well-known agent James Bond and which is also the only functional specimen in the world will take people in Zvolen (departure at 8:35) and take them via the stops Detva and Lučenec to Fiľakovo (arrival at 11:02),” said director of OOCR TNP Tomáš Krahulec The return trip to Zvolen will leave at 15:17 It is possible to purchase tickets for this ride online at the website zahoramizadolami.sk where a complete schedule of the train ride is published as well The experience itself does not end just with the ride Travellers will have some time to spend in Fiľakovo in southern Slovakia they can visit the Fiľakovo castle for free and enjoy a guided tour there is an anti-aircraft shelter in the castle rock Local producers will also present their products we have also prepared a guided tour of the church which after the reconstruction of the interior with its paintings is another unique attraction of this region worthy of admiration,” Krahulec said will transport interested people to Lučenec and back The return ticket will cost €5 and it is possible to purchase it on the spot in Fiľakovo The Fiľakovo-Lučenec-Fiľakovo run will be free for children younger than six but children can travel only accompanied by an adult The band Traditional Dixie Stompers will ensure a good atmosphere Departure of thetrain from Fiľakovo is at 13:20 and arrival to Lučenec is at 13:40 The departure to Fiľakovo is 14:06 and arrival at 14:26 A helping hand in the heart of Europe thanks to the Slovakia travel guide with more than 1,000 photos and hundred of tourist spots Detailed travel guide to the Tatras introduces you to the whole region around the Tatra mountains Lost in Bratislava? Impossible with our City Guide His songs are dominated by questions on the border between reality and fantasy "It's a real beaut; impeccably pieced together it's a further blast of colour from the ever-blossoming Londoner," writes The Clash about his EP 2023 He is currently working on Ode To Omi mixtape which is going to feature six new tracks preserving his position of a mysterious and soulful entity that avoids the crowd while capturing the ears and hearts of people across the planet Alxndr London is the final name of the programme curated by Tereza Maco The vast majority of these artists are going to play at Europa stage; except for Alxndra London Tereza on the latest addition to our line-up: "Alxndr is an avangardly looking Afro-futurist from the London ghetto It's an insanely seductive matter that instantly induces me to sway my whole body even though he sings about daunting dystopias.” While Michael Kiwanuka and Lianne la Havas represent soul in its original form artists such as James Blake and Alxndr London are trying to foretell the future of the genre.. and the fact that it will be bright at least musically will be proven by the latter together with his band at Pohoda 2019 By using this website you agree to the use of cookies. More information I understand Košice and Ružomberok have the best hospitals Patients in Slovakia may receive the best health care in Ružomberok and Košice-Šaca. These two Slovak towns are home to the best hospitals in the country Ružomberok boasts the best university and teaching hospital in Slovakia while Košice-Šaca is home to the best general hospital according to the latest ranking of hospitals published by the Institute for Economic and Social Reforms (INEKO) just like the one in Košice-Šaca The institute assessed the quality of provided health care economic conditions and the difficulty of diagnoses The institute added that hospitals remain to be negatively affected by the coronavirus pandemic the number of surgeries has not reached the pre-pandemic level yet patients have become more satisfied,” said INEKO chair Dušan Zachar the emergency department is fastest in Stará Ľubovňa Paramedics wait for about 12 minutes and 30 seconds It’s significantly less than the Slovak average waiting time of 21 minutes which belongs to one of the largest in Slovakia the hospital has received the highest number of fines for poorly provided health care the facility in Piešťany enhanced its performance the most over the past few years The most dissatisfied patients visit Penta’s hospital in Galanta Patients coming to University Hospital Bratislava often leave dissatisfied The least transparent hospital can be found in Lučenec The teaching hospital in Nitra has performed no better in terms of finances But the teaching hospital in Trenčín managed to end last year with a surplus of €1.3 million Health Minister Zuzana Dolinková (Hlas) sacked hospital director Tomáš Janík and his deputy for nursing Dunajová Družkovská drew attention to a discrepancy regarding a €200-million call to renovate hospitals from the recovery plan The European Public Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the case the first female pastor ordained in Slovakia faced many barriers during her lifetime under the communist regime Named after the Slovak word for gift - dar - Darina Bancíková the first female pastor ordained in the Evangelical Church in Slovakia is said to have had a wonderful and loving relationship with her mother But life was less than generous to the trailblazing pastor early in what later turned out to be a difficult century for Slovakia Bancíková’s life was full of barriers others by male pastors who were unwilling to be ordained alongside her close to half of all Lutheran pastors in Slovakia are women Bancíková is now recognised as the one who has paved the way for them “She fought against her feelings of inferiority but overcame them with vigor boldness and ambition,” Mária Hroboňová the pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lučenec she didn't want to show that she was suffering.” The longest elevated road is also part of an R2 motorway section under construction in central Slovakia a motorway section under construction in between the towns of Kriváň and Mýtna has seen the highest concentration of cranes in the country in a long time Up to 39 cranes - 14 tower cranes and 25 mobile cranes - are currently used for the construction of the R2 “motorway in between the crowns of trees” as the road section in central Slovakia has been tagged The R2 motorway section runs through the valley of the Krivánsky Potok stream and mountain ranges like Slovenské Rudohorie The cranes have been deployed to help build bridges in challenging terrain The Kriváň - Mýtna section will interconnect two other sections: Pstruša - Kriváň and Mýtna - Lovinobaňa - Tomášovce 9,000 vehicles use the 13.5 km section every day As soon as the €234 million road between Kriváň and Mýtna is finished vehicles will drive on a safe four-lane road connecting Lučenec with Bratislava though the initial deadline was March 2024 After the Kriváň - Mýtna section is put to use motorists are expected to save about eight minutes SLOVAK civic and machine engineer Ján Bahýľ they created the first petrol-powered automobile and car battery in Slovakia Bahýľ was born in Zvolenská Slatina on May 25 After graduating to be a technical draughtsman at the Mining Academy in Banská Štiavnica deployed first in Lučenec and then in Kežmarok he filed several technical improvements which drew the attention of his superiors He was transferred to staff where he was in charge of the technical aspects of the Austro-Hungarian army He also studied at the military academy in Vienna – specialising in military fortifications – and e the rank of lieutenant Bahýľ served as a military builder in Lvov Ukraine then again in the Ukraine – in Kharkov and Kiev Petersburg in Russia where he worked on blueprints of military buildings and fortifications He implemented some of his inventions for which he got patents from the Austrian emperor He financed the invention of the steam tank from his own pocket After he presented it successfully to the Russian army milieu the Russians bought the armed weapon and the talented technician got enough resources to realise more of his technical ideas he worked in then Yugoslavian Trebenik; he constructed soaring balloons combined with air turbines in 1894 His main intention was to construct a helicopter with two levels of four-blade rose-like propellers fuelled by petrol 3392 for a helicopter from Emperor Franz Joseph I it made it to the height of 1.5 meters and on May 5 the inventor flew 1,500 metres in his machine at a height of four metres in Bratislava This attempt was also registered by the International Balloonist Organisation Inventor and constructor Ján Bahýľ died on March 13 He is buried at the Evangelical Cemetery at Kozia brána (Goats’ Gate) under the tombstone he designed himself the Slovak Industrial Property Office awards the Ján Bahýľ prize aimed at motivating creativity and inventions in the country The award is meant for Slovak originators and owners of especially valuable industrial and legally protected solutions Andrew’s were drawn in Group 7 of the main round of the UEFA Futsal Champions League 2024/25 along with Futsal Klub Lučenec of Slovakia and the winners of two Preliminary Round groups – C (Akaa Futsal (Finland) Ísbjörninn (Iceland) and G (MNK Široki Brijeg (Bosna-Herzegovina) The tournament will be played in Slovakia with the group winner advances to the elite round Luxol were one of the 24 teams with the highest coefficients (including holders Palma) which received byes to the main round The other 32 teams start in the preliminary round aiming to fill the remaining main round places The main round leads to November and December’s elite round which will determine the four contenders for the knockout finals in May Asian Football Confederation (AFC) president Sheikh Salman bin Ibrahim Al Khalifa The head of South American football’s governing body CONMEBOL called on FIFA to expand.. 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The Transport Ministry will restore the operation of fast trains on the southern route as of June The Transport Ministry first cancelled the competition to operate trains to Banská Bystrica announced by the previous minister Ján Počiatek (Smer) and now have dismissed the idea completely the state wants to restore the express trains using the route between Bratislava Zvolen and Košice that were scrapped two years ago “The direct trains will travel from Bratislava to Banská Bystrica and then via Lučenec to Košice in turns,” the ministry told Sme The express trains should be restored as of June They will either end in Banská Bystrica or continue to Košice The state-run passenger carrier ZSSK has not commented on the information The state scrapped the direct trains between Bratislava and Košice that ran through Zvolen in December 2015 It substituted them with nine pairs of trains running directly between Bratislava and Banská Bystrica Those who wanted to go to the east had to change trains in Zvolen “The concept of travelling via southern Slovakia changed two years ago due to the planned competition concerning the Bratislava-Banská Bystrica route,” Rastislav Cenký of the Institute for Transport and Economy told Sme The ministry announced the competition in November 2015 but new minister Árpád Érsek (Most-Híd) scrapped it in February 2015 He claimed at the time the ministry would prepare a new one with different conditions The ministry wanted to secure the comprehensive operation of trains in the area which included not only long-distance trains The recent plans however indicate there will be no such competition at all By restoring the trains on the southern route Érsek wants to make use of the higher number of passengers travelling between Bratislava and Banská Bystrica but also the higher share of passengers on the route connecting the capital with Rožňava it failed to specify how much the number of passengers increased Experts cast doubt on the potential mentioned by the ministry with Cenký expecting that the trains to Košice via Zvolen will become less attractive to people travelling to Banská Bystrica as they will have to change trains An international scheduled bus service will carry passengers on two new routes between Northern Hungary and Southern Slovakia A local Hungarian representative praised the initiative because it would help guest workers students and tourists reach destinations in Hungary there are plans to expand the bus transport system between the two countries while the Chairman of the Nógrád County Assembly expressed the need for railway connections According to Zoltán Cziprusz a councillor of the Hungarian Alliance in Slovakia relaunching the scheduled bus connection between the two regions was an old promise they could now fulfil The first bus will leave Rimaszombat (Rimavská Sobota) on 15 March and commute between Rimaszombat and Cered (Nógrád County Buses on the line will commute four times every day the bus line aims to help locals in the Southern Slovakian region get to their workplaces in Hungary they can travel either to Salgótarján or Budapest Another international bus line, which was terminated 24 years ago, will be launched between Losonc (Lučenec), Fülek (Fiľakovo) and Salgótarján. (HERE is a breathtaking video about the castle of Fülek.) Cziprusz also talked about future ambitions concerning the expansion of the international bus network in the region They would like to launch a Rimaszombat-Salgótarján and Rimaszombat-Putnok bus line but they would not forget about their friends in Nagykürtös (Veľký Krtíš) According to felvidek.ma travelling from Losonc to Salgótarján will cost EUR 3.5 while the ride from Rimaszombat to Cered will be EUR 3.3 The bus lines will be operated by the Slovak SAD Lučenec company tourists and employees living in the region He also highlighted the importance of tight cooperation with their Hungarian partners Nándor Skuczi, the Chairman of the Nógrád County Assembly, also praised the new bus lines. He added that the Hungarian state-owned Volánbusz will launch a new bus line between Losonc and Budapest He added that there would be demand for re-establishing the railway connection If we take a look at the flags displayed on the bus doors The colour order on the Hungarian flag is red on the top the organisers messed up the order of the colours and created a green-white-red flag the Hungarian flag does not contain the coat of arms We explained in THIS article what the three colours stand for and website in this browser for the next time I comment Y"},"category":false,"taxonomy":{"active":false,"name":"category"}},"markup":{"custom_html":true,"wpp-start":"","wpp-end":"<\/ul>","title-start":"","title-end":"<\/h2>","post-html":"{thumb} {title} {stats}<\/span>{excerpt}<\/p><\/li>"},"theme":{"name":""}} You have successfully joined our subscriber list SupportUs Newsletter © 2025 DailyNewsHungary | All rights reserved Great news emerged: the Slovak Ministry of Transport plans to reopen several regional rail links between Slovakia and Hungary The Slovak Ministry of Transport plans to restart several Slovak-Hungarian regional rail connections the ministry in question told the Hungarian News Agency (MTI) According to the Slovak Ministry of Transport the Lučenec-Fiľakovo-Salgótarján-Hatvan line could be connected to the Zvolen (Zólyom) Rimavská Sobota (Rimaszombat) and Rožňava (Rozsnyó) lines in Slovakia and to the Košice-Budapest EC in Hatvan It is planned that trains would run every hour during peak hours and every two hours off-peak trains are also expected to run at hourly intervals during peak hours “We want to improve cross-border relations and thus strengthen the bonds between people living in border regions,” Slovak Transport Minister Jozef Ráz is quoted as saying by MTI the former rail connections were discontinued in 2003 representatives of the Slovak State Railways (ZSR) and MÁV will hold talks on the subject on Thursday The Slovak Ministry of Transport wrote that there is also a possibility of reopening further rail links on the lines connecting Hungary’s Komáron with Slovakia’s Komárno the Lučenec-Ipolytarnóc-Szécsény-Balassagyarmat line the Slovenské Nové Mesto-Sátoraljaújhely line and the Šahy-Drégelypalánk-Balassagyarmat line Featured image: depositphotos.com An exhibition documenting the restoration of Somoskő and Divény (Divín) castles will open on Wednesday in Fülek The photography exhibition highlights work carried out in the 1970s and 1980s and includes archaeological artefacts the Fülek Castle Museum announced on Monday to MTI many of which will be displayed in their original form document the restoration efforts led by Gábor Krúdy former director of the Slovak Institute for Monument Preservation and Nature Protection in Lučenec Visitors will also see images of more recent restoration work and the current state of the monuments illustrating the long-term efforts to preserve and maintain these historic sites Archaeological finds from the three castles will also be featured in the exhibition Artefacts from Fülek and Somoskő castles originate from excavations carried out by the Fülek Castle Museum while those from Divény Castle were unearthed by the Archaeological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences in Nitra primarily consist of ceramic and metal objects used in daily life the exceptional value of these historical photographs lies in the fact that Krúdy’s images are the only surviving records of the restoration as no other written documentation from that period has been preserved To read or share this article in Hungarian, click here: Helló Magyar