family-friendly hiking loop offers nice views of one of central Slovakia’s overlooked towns nestled in the historic Upper Nitra region offers more than just its industrial heritage Tucked between its historic streets and forested outskirts are hidden gems inviting both locals and visitors to explore As part of the In the Footsteps of Prievidza project a newly promoted trail introduces two panoramic viewpoints providing a peaceful and picturesque outing suitable for all ages and fitness levels A helping hand in the heart of Europe offers a travel guide of Slovakia The circular trail begins near the municipal cemetery on Mariánsky Vŕšok hill a scenic spot also home to the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary—one of the city’s most photogenic landmarks The starting point is easily accessible by car The first viewpoint is located on Mariánsky Vŕšok itself where visitors can enjoy sweeping views of the Vtáčnik mountain range and parts of Prievidza’s historic centre and educational panels offering insight into the area’s geography and history the trail continues along the Mariánska Castle Path lined with eight information boards highlighting local landmarks and points of interest The path winds through a narrow alley in Skotňa Park eventually reaching a natural rock opening beneath the hill—a local curiosity shrouded in legend this cave-like space once served as a secret escape tunnel from a labyrinth beneath the former Prievidza Castle allegedly stretching as far as the Piarist monastery—or even Bojnice Castle it functioned as a cellar for one of Prievidza’s earliest two-storey homes and later as a storage space for the now-defunct Carpathia food factory The trail then follows Cesta pod Skalou (literally "Path Beneath the Rock") branching onto an unpaved forest track that climbs gently towards the Kopanice housing estate Emerging between rows of panelák apartment blocks the route leads directly to the nearby forest park stands a modest wooden lookout tower—an unexpected reward at the end of the walk the structure stands three metres tall on concrete pillars and is reached by a flight of seventeen steps walkers are treated to tranquil views over Prievidza's suburban fringes and the Handlovka River below Wooden trail markers on trees guide the final stretch of the route The full loop covers roughly seven kilometres and is suitable for casual walkers and anyone seeking a gentle outdoor escape Both viewpoints are also reachable by public transport—one at the cemetery bus stop the other near the forest park—making this one of the most accessible nature walks in the region A helping hand in the heart of Europe thanks to our 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? That's impossible with our City Guide Pau-Lacq-Orthez take top spotMUNICH (FIBA Europe Cup) – Pau-Lacq-Orthez snuck ahead in the FIBA Europe Cup Power Rankings MUNICH (FIBA Europe Cup) – Pau-Lacq-Orthez snuck ahead in the FIBA Europe Cup Power Rankings after starting the Second Round of the competition with a thoroughly impressive 35-point victory against BK Pardubice The only other undefeated team, Nanterre 92 while most other higher ranked teams also came away victorious Slovakian side Prievidza were the biggest movers after shocking BCM Gravelines-Dunkerque with a 98-95 victory on the road in France, climbing eight positions into 15th place in the Power Rankings, after some magic by Andre Jones The only other instance of a lower-ranked team defeating the supposed favourites, was Alba Fehervar's home win against U-BT Cluj-Napoca, with the Hungarian side making use of the home court advantage. Tofas win thrillers; Prievidza survive triple OTReviewIt took an extra period for Zaragoza to eventually hold off BursasporThree road teams secure overtime wins in thrilling Week 4 MUNICH (Germany) – Three games went to overtime on Gameday 4 with one needing three extra periods in arguably the most entertaining round of the Regular Season Eight teams still remain undefeated heading into the penultimate week of Regular Season action as the battle to make it to the next phase steps up Prievidza prevail in triple OT epic in Georgia; Tofas still perfect despite Horton's 35 points; Comeback upset for Caledonia over MHP RIESEN Casademont Zaragoza needed a massive three-point play from Trae Bell-Haynes with 15 seconds left in overtime to seal an 89-87 away win over Bursaspor Jilson Bango shot an impressive 71 percent from the field for his 24 points as the Spaniards moved to 3-1 Three periods of overtime were needed in Tbilisi, but in the end, BC Prievidza survived, coming away with a 108-104 win against BC Kutaisi 2010 Daishon Smith hit six three-pointers for 30 points to stay in touch in Group J at 3-1 CJ Jackson dishing 16 assists and Hunter Dean grabbing 17 boards Tofas Bursa improved to 4-0 as they edged Keravnos BC 99-96 in a Group A classic Marcquise Reed sunk four free throws in a row to ice the game as he led the way for the winners with 24 points Landrius Norton led Keravnos with 35 points Spirou Basket worked hard for their 78-68 win over BC Sabah in Azerbaijan the Belgian side regained the lead and then turned on the jets to race away from the hosts and go 4-0 in Group G Yordan Michev led the victors with 18 points canceling out Hassani Gravett's 24 for Sabah Christian Sengfelder had 18 points for the French side In the final game of the day, Caledonia Gladiators came from 19 points down to triumph 73-71 over previously unbeaten MHP RIESEN Ludwigsburg in Scotland Cholet Basket needed cool heads and overtime to triumph 85-81 at Fribourg Olympic and remain unbeaten at 4-0 in Group C Stefan Smith led the way for the victors with 17 points while Chimezie Offurum led all scorers for the Swiss outfit with 20 as they came close to an upset BC Kalev/Cramo breezed to a 4-0 of their own in Group F as they led from start to finish in a statement 77-54 win over ESSM Le Portel in France Kregor Hermet led the way with 18 points and 8 rebounds for the Estonians Elsewhere, Alba Fehervar toppled Rilski Sportist 93-83 to improve to 2-2 with David Nichols' double-double of 17 points and 10 assists leading the way - despite 26 points and 12 rebounds from Jure Planinic in defeat. 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Alabama men's basketball head coach Nate Oats announced the hiring of Ryan Pannone on Wednesday Pannone comes to Tuscaloosa after most recently serving as an assistant coach with the New Orleans Pelicans He also spent time previously as the head coach of the Pelicans' G League affiliate Pannone has also coached at all levels across the globe serving as an assistant coach in the professional ranks in Angola Korea and Slovakia including leading Hapoel Jerusalem to the Israeli championship and advancing them to the Euro Cup semifinals Pannone has also coached in the junior college I have gotten to know Ryan through his work with the Pelicans organization He is one of the brightest minds in the game of basketball and a relentless worker," Oats said "Ryan brings a wealth of Xs and Os experience to Tuscaloosa from his time coaching in the NBA He is recognized as a top recruiter and a leader in player development both crucial to the long and short-term success of our program We are excited Ryan is on board working with our student athletes but he is an even better person and a proven mentor of young men I am sure Ryan and his family will become a valued part of the Tuscaloosa community." was injured during a shooting which was filmed by broadcaster RTV Prievidza The footage shows Fico approaching a group of supporters outside the House of Culture in the town of Handlová about 90 miles (150km) north-east of the capital A man in the crowd is then seen grabbing a gun and firing five shots hitting Fico who falls to the ground as security personnel tackle the shooter Fico is being treated in hospital for a life-threatening condition Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico injured in shooting Slovakia PM Robert Fico ‘fighting for life’ after five shots fired in ‘politically motivated’ attack, ministers say – live updates Metrics details A coal-burning power station in the Nitra Valley in central Slovakia annually emitted large quantities of arsenic (up to 200 tonnes) between 1953 and 1989 pollution-control measures have reduced arsenic emissions to less than 2 tonnes a year the power station was still a source of airborne arsenic pollution As part of an EU-funded study on exposure to arsenic and cancer risk in central and Eastern Europe we carried out a study of environmental levels of arsenic in the homes and gardens of residents of the district house dust samples (n=210) and composite house dust samples (n=109) were collected and analysed using inductively coupled plasma atomic absorption spectroscopy (ICP-AES) at Imperial College The mean arsenic content of coal and ash in samples taken from the plant was 519 μg/g (n=19) and 863 μg/g (n=22) The geometric mean (GM) arsenic concentration of garden soils was 26 μg/g (range 8.8–139.0 μg/g) for house dust 11.6 μg/g (range 2.1–170 μg/g) and for composite house dust 9.4 μg/g (range 2.3–61.5 μg/g) The correlation between the arsenic levels in soil and in house dust was 0.3 (P<0.01) in soil and composite house dust 0.4 and house dust and composite house dust 0.4 (P<0.01 for both) Arsenic levels in both house dust and soil decreased with distance from the power station levels in both fell by half 5 km from the point source Weak correlations were seen between the total urinary arsenic concentrations and arsenic concentrations in composite house dust Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout Bates MN Smith AH Hopenhayn Rich C Arsenic ingestion and internal cancers: a review Bencko V Use of human hair as a biomarker in the assessment of exposure to pollutants in occupational and environmental settings Chen CJ Chuang SL You TM et al A retrospective study on neoplasms of bladder lung and liver in blackfoot disease area in Taiwan Chiou HY Chou YL Teh HW Tseng CH Chen CJ Cancer incidence and arsenic exposure among residents of Lanyang basin in Taiwan In: Centeno J.A. 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Fergusson JE Kim ND Trace elements in street and house dusts Gagne D Letourneau G Determining soil contamination patterns in a residential district near a copper smelter Gebel T Suchenwirth R Bolten C Dunkelberg HH Human biomonitoring of arsenic and antimony in case of an elevated geogenic exposure Environ Health Perspect (1998) 106 1 33–39 Goldhaber M Irwin ER Atkins B et al Environmental impact of elevated arsenic in Southern Appalachian Basin coals In: Centeno J.A. Guo HR Chen CJ Greene HL Arsenic in drinking water and cancers: a brief descriptive review of the Taiwan studies In: Chappell W.R. Hwang YH Bornschein RL et al Environmental arsenic exposure of children around a former copper smelter site IARC Monographs of the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to Humans — Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds Kavanagh P Impacts of high arsenic concentrations in South West England on human health and agriculture PhD thesis Kovacik M (Ed.) Geofaktory zivotneho prostredia regionu Horna Nitra Geologicky Ustav Dionyza Stura Bratislava 1995 Nieuwenhuijsen MJ Rautiu R Ranft U Bencko V Cordos E Exposure to arsenic and cancer risk in Central and Eastern Europe Final report project EXPASCAN IC15 CT98 0325 European Union Pesch B Ranft U Jakubis P Nieuwenhuijsen MJ Hergemo¨ller A Unfried K Jakubis M Miskovic P Keegan TJ Environmental arsenic exposure from a coal-burning power plant as potential risk factor for non-melanoma skin carcinoma: results from a case-control study in the district of Prievidza arsenic and Zinc in the ecosystem surrounding a lead smelter Plesko I Sever G Obsitnikova A Boyle P Trends in the incidence of non-melanoma skin cancer in Slovakia Polissar l Lowry Coble K Kalman DA Hughes JP van Belle G Covert DS Burbacher TM Bolgiano D Mottet NK Pathways of human exposure arsenic in a community surrounding a copper smelter Swaine DJ Trace elements in coal and their dispersal during combustion Thompson M Walsh JM Handbook of Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectroscopy Thornton I Farago ME Geochemistry of Arsenic In: Abernathy C.O. 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Sporting play out drawReviewIt will be all to play for in the second leg in PortugalThe 2024-25 season action got underway with 14 teams competing in the Qualifiers MUNICH (Germany) - The FIBA Europe Cup Qualifiers got off to a flying start on Tuesday night as the road teams stole the spotlight on the campaign's opening day While there were home wins for BC Prievidza and Maroussi Basketball Club last season's Semi-Finalists Bilbao Basket secured a vital road win along with JDA Bourgogne Dijon there was nothing to separate Spirou Basket and Sporting CP as their tie is evenly poised after a first leg draw in Belgium Bilbao Basket heads home with a crucial road win over a tough Neptunas Klaipeda side as they look to stake their claim for a spot in the Regular Season Melwin Pantzar was the driving force behind the Bilbao victory He shot 66 percent from the floor for his team-high 14 points Kristian Kullamae added 13 for the winners Zane Waterman led Neptunas with 13 points but struggled in a game where Bilbao led for the majority of the game BC Prievidza were comfortable winners over their Hungarian counterparts Alba Fehervar thanks to a 9-0 run early in the first quarter all scored by Keith Jordan that ultimately settled the tie Jordan's game-changing burst was part of a 27-point 14-rebound showcase supported by 21 from Daishon Smith The Slovakian side also had stellar performances from Hunter Dean but they have work to do on their home floor in the second leg A 16-4 finish in the final four minutes lifted JDA Bourgogne Dijon to a big road win over BC Dinamo Zagreb having trailed in the latter stages to the Croatian side Markis McDuffie led the French side with 19 points going 5-for-7 from the field and hitting two three-pointers as Dijon heads home with a vital First Leg advantage Ivan Novacic led all scorers with 26 points for Dinamo Zagreb BC Dnipro were made to sweat in the final seconds as CSM Constanta's Kevaughn Allen's potential game-winning three-pointer missed its mark giving the Ukrainian side a slight edge going into the second leg Both teams jostled for position in the final minute as they took the lead from each other but Stanislav Tymofeyenko settled the game from the foul line with 1:13 left and Dnipro never surrendered its lead from there both scored 17 points to pace Dnipro to victory Allen led the Constanta charge with 17 points and 7 assists Maroussi eased to a home win over KB Peja as a devastating first period set the tone for the win and a comfortable cushion heading into the second leg A 34-20 opening ten minutes saw the Greek side race to a 17-3 start within five minutes and never look back Ismael Sanogo secured a double-double of 20 points Darnell Cowart had 21 points on 53.8 percent shooting for KB Peja Naxxar made history by becoming the first-ever side from Malta to compete in the FIBA Europe Cup Qualifiers; however their first taste of continental basketball was sour and Anorthosis Famagusta left Valetta with an important seven-point victory Jarvis Garrett hit three triples on his way to 19 points for the victors as they take a seven-point lead back home with them Joseph Davis had 21 points and 5 assists for Naxxar It was as you were in the second leg between Spirou and Sporting Free throws from Yordan Minchev with 0.2 seconds left knotted the game at 69-69 for the hosts with the Bulgarian international finishing the game with 15 points and 10 rebounds Nicholas Ward and Kenneth Funderburk both had 13 for the Portuguese side who will fancy their chances on home soil in the second leg 2013 Under-17 Four Nations Tournament Champions Mo.) scored twice and added an assist and four skaters registered multiple points as the U.S The win clinched the fifth consecutive Four Nations Tournament title for Team USA “We played together as a team throughout the tournament and we’re happy to come away with the title,” said Don Granato “Our players got invaluable experience that we will utilize moving forward.” Kunin staked an early lead for Team USA just 58 seconds into the game combining with Christian Fischer (Wayne Texas) for the score.  Jeremy Bracco (Freeport N.Y.) chipped in to earn assists on the play also capitalizing during five-on-three play Both teams traded goals in the second stanza Russia knotted the game at two goals apiece with a power-play tally at 16:41 Fischer scored the eventual game-winning goal for the U.S teaming up with Kunin and Hanifin to push Team USA’s lead to 4-2 Kunin secured the victory at 16:39 with his second goal of the contest and Hanifin added his third assist on the play with Nicholas Boka (Plymouth while Ilya Samsonov made 44 saves for Russia The U.S. National Under-17 Team returns to action Saturday, November 23 when they host the Tri-City Storm at the Ann Arbor (Mich.) Ice Cube. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. EST. The NTDP will also be hosting Super Hero Night that evening, with special appearances by Captain America and Spiderman, and giveaways from the Vault of Midnight throughout the game When Chris Perry’s time at the University of South Florida came to an end The Bartow grad was a few months removed from being dismissed from the team back in April of 2016 getting his college basketball career back on track was his primary objective Perry landed at Lincoln Memorial in Tennessee but Perry kept himself in basketball shape and stayed around “the right people.” He thrived on the court for the D-II power helping the Railsplitters to the NCAA Elite Eight the 23-year-old will continue his career overseas after signing a one-year deal to play with BC Prievidza of the Slovak Extraliga I didn’t even think of it when I was in school early on I never really thought of this part of it — the NBA and overseas part — now that it’s here BC Prievidza has won four Slovak championships Basketball in Europe is divided into four tiers with the EuroLeague being the top professional level is in the fourth tier as a FIBA Europe team Perry is one of two Americans currently on the roster along with former Winthrop guard Andre Jones He added that his coach told him there could be up to four Americans on the roster this season “The Yellow Jacket basketball family is really really excited for Christopher,” said Bartow boys basketball coach Terrance McGriff The 6-foot-8 forward grabbed 8.4 rebounds and scored 17.9 points per game shooting an efficient 68 percent from the field While Perry wasn’t picked in the NBA Draft and was unable to secure an invite to the summer league he worked out for the Miami Heat and impressed during his pro day “This summer was real big for me,” said Perry who still hopes for an NBA chance at some point “I know the style of play over there and I think I’ll be fine G.W. Boon Metrics details The associations between As levels in fingernails with both As concentrations in urine and environmental samples are reported mean 66 years) lived in the vicinity of a coal-burning power plant with high As emissions in the Prievidza District The As levels in fingernails (n=524) were measured after washing and digestion with microwave heating by hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometry The spot urine samples (n=436) were speciated for inorganic As (Asinorg) monomethylarsonic (MMA) and dimethylarsinic acid (DMA) by hydride-cryogenic trap-atomic absorption spectrometry The geometric mean As level in fingernails was 0.10 μg/g (range There was a clear association between As in fingernails and the distance of the home to the power plant (P<0.001) Geometric mean As levels were: 0.17 μg/g distance ≤5 km 0.10 μg/g 6–10 km and 0.08 μg/g > 10 km The association between the distance to the power plant and total urinary As (Assum) (n=436 no fish consumption during the last 3 days before sample collection) was less pronounced (P=0.018) The As levels in fingernails were positively correlated to As in soil (n=207 P<0.001) and to As in house dust (n=209 The associations between urinary Assum and As concentrations in soil (n=159 As levels in fingernails were associated with urinary Assum and with the different As species in urine It is concluded that As levels in fingernails are a reliable marker of environmental As exposure and that As concentrations in fingernails reflect the As exposure in a similar manner compared with urinary Assum and As species sum of speciated arsenic compounds (Asinorg+MMA+DMA) Arsenic levels in fingernails as a biological indicator of exposure to arsenic Genetic toxicology of a paradoxical carcinogen German Environmental Survey 1998 (GerES III): environmental pollutants in urine of the German population Determination of total arsenic concentration in nails by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry Atmospheric dispersion modelling for assessment of exposure to arsenic in the Nitra Valley Reference values and human biological monitoring values for environmental toxins Int Arch Occup Environ Health 1999: 72: 255–260 Toenail trace element levels and breast cancer: a prospective study Int J Hyg Environ Health 2001: 203: 249–262 Human biomonitoring of arsenic and antimony in case of an elevated geogenic exposure Hair analysis: exploring the state of the science Environ Health Perspect 2003: 111: 576–578 Investigation of arsenic exposure from soil at a Superfund site Hair and toenail arsenic concentrations of residents living in areas with high environmental arsenic concentrations Environ Health Perspect 2003: 111: 187–193 Toenail samples as indicator of drinking water arsenic exposure Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 1996: 5: 849–852 Skin cancer risk in relation to toenail arsenic concentration in US population-based case-control study Assessment of cancer risk and environmental levels of arsenic in New Hampshire and the EXPASCAN Study Group Assessment of environmental arsenic levels in Prievidza district J Expo Anal Environ Epidemiol 2002: 12: 179–185 and urine of patients with blackfoot disease J Toxicol Environ Health A 1998: 53: 85–93 Speciation of arsenic in human nail and hair from arsenic-affected area by HPLC-inductively coupled argon plasma mass spectrometry Exposure to arsenic and cancer risk in Central and Eastern Europe Environmental arsenic exposure from a coal-burning power plant as a potential risk factor for nonmelanoma skin carcinoma: results from a case-control study in the district of Prievidza Associations between arsenic exposure from a coal-burning power plant and urinary arsenic concentrations in Prievidza District Environ Health Perspect 2003: 111: 889–894 Toxic trace metals in mammalian hair and nails Revised and new reference values for some trace elements in blood or urine for human biomonitoring in environmental medicine lead and zinc status in young children using toenail: comparison with scalp hair Zbl Hyg (now Int J Hyg Environ Health) 1996: 198: 485–501 mercury and selenium by children from a German North Sea island using duplicate sampling Download references Funding for this study was provided by the European Commission under Contract Number IC15 CT98 0525 We thank Rena Carolus-Heise for her skilful technical assistance in the analysis of arsenic concentrations in fingernails Institute for Environmental Health Research (IUF) at the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf Download citation DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jea.7500350 Company Brose Prievidza invested millions into modernisation of the airport. The international airport with irregular operations in Prievidza (Trenčín Region) has recently reopened after a make-over, which started last August. The reconstruction was financed by the local company Brose Prievidza. The modernisation project of the runway, paid with new asphalt, amounted to €3.1 million. “It is a very big success for the region and for us as it makes our life easier,” said Axel Mallener, general manager of Brose Prievidza, as quoted by the Sme daily. “It will also help our infrastructure a lot.” The airport is expected to attract more tourists as well as investors to the region of Horná Nitra, of which Prievidza is the centre. “It is an imaginary gate to the region,” said František Zlocha, president of Aeroclub Prievidza, as quoted by Sme. “It will now be possible to fly anywhere in the world from Prievidza and to Prievidza.” The airport wants to focus on private aviation traffic and business flights, said Ľuboš Jánošík, manager of the Prievidza airport. Trenčín Region Governor Jaroslav Baška is convinced the modernised airport is a big opportunity for the region to attract new guests, “including new foreign firms, which will be closer to the region like this”, Sme wrote. Prievidza Mayor Katarína Macháčková also appreciated the fact that the private sector helped reconstruct the airport and has hopes for the more progressive development of the region. “It is a rare and exceptional example of a businessman or investor who comes to our region and invests in it,” she said, as quoted by Sme. After the reconstruction, heavier aircraft can land at the airport, which was not possible in the past. This will also help Brose. “When 10 people from Germany drive here, it takes five hours,” Mallener claimed, as quoted by Sme. “When we use our own plane, it takes 45 minutes.” It was Aeroclub Prievidza that provided for the modernisation of the airport since the runway, 1,081 metres long and 23 metres wide, is situated on plots owned by the club, Sme wrote. YustaReviewDaishon Smith's big performance keeps Prievidza in a strong position to advanceWho was your Player of the Week for Gameday 5 MUNICH (Germany) - As the Regular Season nears its final destination and the Second Round inches closer there were big performances this week from the stars that want to keep their journey going you can vote for your weekly MVP by choosing from the list below BC Prievidza’s Daishon Smith shot the lights out in his side’s 83-59 win over BC Balkan The American guard went 7-for-14 from beyond the arc as he exploded for 31 points good enough for an efficiency rating of 34 Despite coming up short against ESSM Le Portel, Alba Fehervar’s Jeriah Horne wowed the home crowd as he shot 11-of-14 from the field and hit three triples on his way to 31 points 6 rebounds and 2 steals for a rating of 34 It was a good night for Spirou Basket, who qualified for the Second Round and Quinten Smout was a big part of the Belgian team’s 93-86 win over Norrkoping Dolphins The guard hit four three-pointers and went 9-of-10 from the free throw line for his 25 points and he completed his masterful double-double with 12 assists for a rating of 31 Josh Sharma kept Bursaspor’s chances of qualifying for the Second Round alive with a deserved 81-66 road win over Anorthosis Famagusta The athletic seven-footer secured a double-double of 18 points 13 rebounds as well as swatting away 3 shots in the win Casademont Zaragoza claimed the vital head-to-head over Patrioti Levice with a convincing 92-71 win with Santi Yusta leading the way; posting 19 points pulling down 7 boards and dishing out 3 assists Sullivan Phillips had 25 points to lead his Slovakian team’s Play-Off Semi-Final 73 – 59 victory against Nitra Eurobasket reports “Prievidza surged ahead in the semifinal series against Nitra Nitra was tied at the half but could not keep up in last two quarters eventually losing the game “Prievidza made 19-of-24 charity shots [79.2%] during the game They also forced 20 Nitra turnovers and had a 17-5 advantage in offensive rebounds Nitra was plagued by 25 personal fouls down the stretch “It was a good game for Bermuda’s swingman Sullivan Phillips who led his team to a victory with 25 points and 7 rebounds American guard David Godbold contributed with a double-double by scoring 10 points and 13 rebounds for the winners.” The 6ft 6″ Bermudian has played in England Czech Republic and Cyprus and has been twice been named as defensive player of the year in both Hungary and Cyprus He signed with the Slovakian team last month Category: All, Sports Trackback URL | Comments RSS Feed Sullivan Phillips and his Prievidza Men’s Basketball teammates entered the Slovakian National Basketball Play-Off Finals following their 3 – 1 Series win over Nitra They overcame Nitra on the road to seal a Play-Off Final appearance winning 87 – 74 Prievidza trailed by 4 points after first quarter but they stormed back to get the 12-point lead at the halftime and eventually won the game by 13 points 26 personal fouls committed by Nitra helped their opponents get some easy free throw opportunities Phillips — one of the few Bermudians to have played basketball professionally — went 3-of-4 from the Field 1-of-2 from behind the Three Point Line and 8-of-11 from the Free Throw Line for his 15 points in 29 minutes of action In front of 2,000 spectators Bermudian basketballer Sullivan Phillips led his Slovakian team Prievidza to a 88 – 82 win over Nova Ves on Saturday [Nov.12] BC Prievidza held a 24 – 21 lead after the First Quarter however they only managed 18 points in the Second Quarter while Nova Ves scored 30 points to take a 51 – 42 point lead at the break Prievidza outscored Nova Ves 22 – 15 in the Third Quarter to pull within two they then went on a 24 – 16 run in the Final Quarter to win Phillips led his team in scoring with 24 points, while Paul Guedel added 22, David Godbold chipped in with 16.  The full game is available here online to watch The 6ft 6″ basketballer has played in England He signed with the Slovakian team earlier this month with four of the five players representing Elan Bearnais and Elan Chalon MUNICH (FIBA Europe Cup) – There is a distinct French flavour to the Top Performers list this week, with Pau-Lacq-Orthez big man Vitalis Chikoko claiming the main honours and three more players from French teams represented after a hot start to the FIBA Europe Cup Second Round Headlining them all is the aforementioned Zimbabwean center Chikoko who pulled off a remarkable feat by going a perfect 11-of-11 from the field and setting a new competition record for most consecutive field goals made The 25-year-old from Harare also made all six of his free-throws en route to 28 points, 9 rebounds and 2 steals and a total efficiency ranking of 40 in a 101-66 demolition of BK Pardubice at the Palais des Sports de Pau ...While he does not appear among the league leaders in field goal percentage due to a relatively low number of attempts Chikoko has converted field goals at a whopping 94% rate and has not missed a single shot in his last four FIBA Europe Cup games His teammate and one of the top French prospects, the 19-year-old playmaker Elie Okobo finishing the blowout against Pardubice with a double-double of 20 points 6 rebounds and 10 assists in his best game of the season for Elan Bearnais After registering an equally impressive victory against BC Mures, Elan Chalon also ended up with two players among the Top Performers of the first week of action in the Second Round @BouteilleAxel meilleur marqueur du match de #FibaEuropeCup avec 30 points ! pic.twitter.com/pOiIEiboY7 Up-and-coming small forward Axel Bouteille finished the 101-65 rout with 30 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, while Cameron Clark chipped in with 22 points Andre Jones orchestrates Tuesday night #FIBAEuropeCup upset for Prievidza.📖 https://t.co/YQeWshfDYz pic.twitter.com/wPmMeeBhZl Sign in Join now, it's FREE! This marks Walker’s second season with BC Prievidza where the 26-year-old is currently averaging 8.6 points and 5.3 rebounds in 19.9 minutes per game Walker averaged 8.1 points and 5.2 rebounds during only nine games played due to several injuries that had Walker sidelined for most of the summer “Alonzo battled injuries throughout the 2022 season he showed how impactful he can be,” said Victor Raso “He is an excellent athlete who takes pride in defending and we are looking forward to a healthy Zo in 2023!” Walker moved on to Idaho State University in his junior year and scored a season-high 17 points and three steals in his final game with ISU. Walker completed his collegiate career at Portland State averaging 9.9 points and five rebounds with the Vikings He earned his first professional contract with Dinamo of the Georgian Superliga in 2020 “It’s always exciting playing in front of friends and family and playing against familiar faces,” said Walker “I am excited to return to Canada and the CEBL and can’t wait to get to work for my second season with the River Lions.” Walker becomes the fourth returning player signed ahead of the 2023 season which will tip off for the team on May 26 when they visit the Montreal Alliance The Niagara River Lions are one of the original six teams of the CEBL. Playing out of Meridian Centre in downtown St. Catharines, the River Lions represent the twelve municipalities of the Niagara Region while living up to the River Lions moniker of pride and strength of community. Season tickets, voucher packs and group tickets are on sale now. Visit riverlions.ca/tickets for more information Sullivan Phillips led his team in scoring assists and steals as his Prievidza Team won their twelfth game of the Slovakia’s Men’s National Basketball Season with a five point win over Nova Ves Prievidza jumped out to a seven point first quarter lead with the score 25 – 18 when the buzzer went off however Nova Ves scored 25 points in the second quarter and restricted Prievidza to 13 points to lead 43 – 40 at the half Nova Ves outscored Prievidza 24 – 20 in the third quarter to make the score 67 – 60 but Phillips and Prievidza outscored Nova Ves 32 – 20 in the final period to earn the 92 – 87 win Phillips played 34 minutes of action leading his team in scoring and 16-of-19 from the free throw line for his game high 26 points The attack did not dissuade hikers following day a female brown bear attacked and injured a 67-year old man while he was mushroom picking in the forest above the village of Kanianka A bear with two cubs attacked me from the tall grass All I could do was to quickly turn before it pounced on me which saved my life," said Ján Kubica after he was patched up in Prievidza hospital adding that bears usually attack when you surprise them I knew there were people ahead of me so I had no worries." the man was able to walk two kilometres to a nearby meadow and call his wife who called for rescue that arrived about half an hour later the man has crossed a bear's path three times The first time was a female bear with three cubs The second was with a young male; the man stopped and the animal moved away The My Horná Nitra news site reported that on Sunday the forest where the incident took place was full of hikers and mushroom pickers several admitted they had some reservations but not enough to dissuade them from going there The attack came just two weeks after a bear attacked and injured a man near the village of Hybe Liptovský Mikuláš district in northern Slovakia In this regard, Environment Minister Tomáš Taraba (SNS nominee) announced on Sunday that 12 problematic bears had been shot in nine days in the district DEVELOPING around the village of Sebedražie a golf course with Scottish characteristics will be constructed on an area of 33 hectares between 2009 and 2012 unlike those of an American or English type needs neither extensive surface adaptations nor special lawn plantings as it will use natural terrain Another part of the complex will consist of the already operating Water-World recreational-relaxation centre designed for families with children The budget for the golf course’s construction is €10 million This year a training driving ground and a six-hole golf academy of a more demanding level will be built but the latter will be put into full operation only in 2010 Players will have access to motel accommodation He said the course will be built on land next to the demarcated mining spaces of the Cígeľ Mine not good for seeding forests but very suitable for golf Sme wrote that the designer of the initial master study of the complex is Slovak golf architect His original design was adapted for the final plan by world renowned golf architect Tom Mackenzie who has built several similar greens in Scotland The complex will be constructed in close cooperation with the Scottish town of Musselburgh which has both a mining tradition as well as the world’s oldest golf course of this type still in use Here's what to do during the weekend at the turn of November and December Click on individual towns for more information Towns Prievidza, Poprad and Zvolen will hold various cultural events They will also hold Christmas markets for several days later in the month TIP: Prices of Christmas market delicacies up compared to last year. Here's what to expect The fact that temperatures hover just a few degrees above zero does not mean you should drop running. On Saturday, the town of Humenné, eastern Slovakia, will hold a special night run with several courses for various age groups. Click here for more details Also, on Sunday, the city of Košice will hold the 11th edition of the St. Nicholas Charity Run. About 1,200 people dressed as St. Nicholas are expected to descend on the city centre to help those in need. All proceeds from the event will be donated to the non-profit organization Svetielko Pomoci that help children with cancer. More details here December 5-7: St. Nicholas fair in Martin December 5-7: St. Nicholas fair in Liptovský Mikuláš December 5-22: Christmas Market in Ružomberok December 5-23: Christmas Market in Trenčín December 6: St. Nicholas procession in Pezinok December 7: Cooking Christmas kapustnica competition in Ružomberok December 13-14: Christmas Market in Rimavská Sobota December 13-15: Christmas Market in Pezinok December 13-23: Christmas Market in Prievidza WHAT TO DO FOR FREE: Don't miss these concerts that take place this weekend WHAT TO READ: Have you ever dreamt of owning a palace? One in the heart of Bratislava could be yours—if you happen to have a spare million or two WHAT TO LEARN: The painter who captured parts of Bratislava no longer existing WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO: Pohoda comes out swinging after disastrous conclusion to 2024 edition. First performers announced for summer 2025 festivals Bermudian Sullivan Phillips has been rewarded with a championship and an MVP award after helping BC Prievidza to the 2012 Slovakian Men’s National Basketball League title on Tuesday night.Prievidza beat top seeds Komarno 3-1 in the best-of-five series to hoist the cup in Phillips’ first year at the club.Add to the triumph his Bosman MVP title and First Team honours for both the All-Slovakian team and the All-Bosman team the Bermuda international enjoyed an exceptional season even by his lofty standards.“It feels great to finalise another goal and continue to try and keep representing Bermuda to the fullest,” said Phillips.“It’s a very good feeling when other coaches nominate you as the best among your peers it is not only very humbling but very pleasing.“Rumour had it that I was supposed to be MVP but there was a big rift about it I had an idea of the prize because a reporter told me a few weeks back you just play and if recognised you humbly accept.”The Bosman team and MVP title are given to those players that not by birth are part of the European Union (EU) although getting dual citizenship in a recognised EU country players can play in any European country without a visa or work permit.After suffering defeat in the first game of the series on the road Prievidza reeled off three successive wins including a one-point win at Komarno to get over the final hurdle.The road to the final wasn’t an easy one either with the champions having to beat third seeds Nitra in the semi-final and Levice in their first-round match.Phillips averaged 13 points per game in the finals to help the team lift the title.The title is his third adding to winners’ medals from England and Cyprus.He played in England and Cyprus before heading to Slovakia.All-Slovakian first team: Johnathon Jones F.All-Bosmans Slovakian team: David Godbold Which of the Throne Speech promises is the Government best equipped to deliver on View Results Previdza’s Aerospool plans serial production of the certified aircraft The new type of light sport aircraft (LSA) manufactured in Prievidza is now certified according to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) only a prototype of the WT9 Dynamic LSA exists but the Aerospool company in Prievidza is planning its serial production This is also why it is planning the expansion of its production Aerospool has been manufacturing the WT 9 Dynamic ultra-light since 2000 and has exported them to about 20 countries around the globe It took the company five years to complete the certification process for the LSA category This was partly because the EASA were still completing their regulations The company plans to launch the serial production of the WT9 Dynamic LSA in October “This will mean quite a significant extension in production,” said company director Ján Hrabovský as cited by TASR the company manufactures four planes in the ultra-light category each month Now it will add two LSA aircrafts each month Hrabovský expects that they will need to hire an additional 20-30 people in order for the company to satisfy the orders it receives countries from the whole of Europe have showed an interest in the LSA aircrafts The company also expects revived sales to South America where the EASA certificates are accepted too Northern America remains questionable as Slovakia does not have a respective bilateral agreement with them “The certification means the opening of new markets for the Slovak aviation industry,” said Hrabovský “This is also proof that Slovakia does not need to be just an assembly hall; that there does not only need to be cars not only companies that employ people on assembly lines but those designing aircraft can grow here.” Sullivan Phillips and his BC Prievidza team have endured Jekyll and Hyde performances in the opening two games of their best-of-five series against Nitra in the second round of the Slovakian Men’s National Basketball League play-offs.Having only beaten three seeded Nitra once in their four regular season meetings second-seeded Prievidza took Game One comfortably thanks to the Bermudian who poured in 20 points was a totally different story with Prievidza losing on the road 79-72 to leave the series level heading into the crucial Game Three.Phillips was subdued with nine points and seven rebounds in the loss with the side holding a six-point lead after the first quarter.Nitra point guard Denis Clemente scored 22 points and had four assists.“So far we’ve been a tale of two teams,” said Phillips “Game One we totally took away everything they wanted to do and won by 20.“Game Two we took away what they wanted to do in the last five minutes and were down by 18 with five minutes to go We closed in and were 30 seconds away from another victory if we would have made shots down the stretch but now we have to refocus.“For us to win we have to play good defence play fast on offence and we will be fine.“Game Two we deviated from that plan and we lost but I’m confident we will get it right.”Game Three is scheduled for tomorrow night at Prievidza AS TWO of the victims of the Nováky explosion were buried on March 7 and 8 attention focussed on the causes of the blast which killed three people and left five missing Three explosions in the ammunition defusing hall of the Military Maintenance Company in Nováky left three confirmed dead The blast leveled an area the size of two football fields and left a twenty-metre wide crater at its epicentre The explosions were followed by a shockwave that broke windows up to eleven kilometres away in the town of Prievidza AS TWO of the victims of the Nováky explosion were buried on March 7 and 8 The explosion took place on March 2 in the western Slovak town of Nováky The government has promised compensation of Sk1 million from its own coffers to the families of the missing and deceased and the Union of Slovak military employees will add a total of Sk175,000 which levelled an area larger than two football fields and left a 20-metre wide crater was caused by an excess of ammunition being held in the disposal hall Defence Minister Robert Kašický said on TV Markíza on March 4 that munitions defusing bomb disposal units such as the one at the Military Maintenance Company (VOP) in Nováky are only supposed to hold as much ammunition in the disposal hall as can be removed over one working shift He said that the explosion might have been triggered by people not adhering to this rule "We believe there must have been excess ammunition in the hall considering the size of the explosion and the fact that it managed to destroy the whole building," he said Two VOP employees who were on site at the time of the explosion photo: Sme - Ján Krošlák Witnesses to the catastrophe reported three consecutive explosions around 16:20 followed by a shockwave that broke windows as far away as in Prievidza Restaurant owner Marcel Pažický of Opatovce nad Nitrou about one and a half kilometres from Nováky said he ran outside when he heard the first explosion "We were in my restaurant when we heard the first explosion," he told the Pravda daily "It was followed soon after by the second which must have been really strong since we felt it from over a kilometre and a half away." He said that there was a gap of about a minute between the first and the second explosions while the third came right after the second "The shockwave was so strong that we were sure that many people must have died." "It's scorched land," said Štefan Svitok of the Health Ministry who arrived on site to coordinate rescue efforts "There have been small explosions in the past but this was catastrophic," he told the Sme daily a disaster of this scale has only been seen in countries like China and Russia Fire-fighters from Nováky and other nearby towns were dispatched to the site and managed to get the fire under control but stayed until around 07:30 on March 3 to cool down the remaining unexploded ammunition at the site which included around 3,000 artillery grenades Kašický called a government crisis meeting at around 21:00 with Prime Minister Robert Fico and Police President Ján Packa also in attendance Kašický and Fico went to the site of the explosion to organise rescue operations Thirty people were rescued at the site and treated for injuries in nearby hospitals Two soldiers who took part in the rescue efforts were later taken to the hospital for examination after they both inhaled chemicals and one received first-degree burns at the site Kašický said that people in the area should not be worried as no harmful chemicals had been found in the atmosphere and soil samples were taken from areas surrounding the explosion and no toxic materials that might hurt local inhabitants were found According to Defence Ministry spokesman Daniel Gemela Workers must proceed carefully due to the danger of hidden live ammunition which also rules out any possibility of using heavy machinery on the site This is the third disaster that the people of Nováky have experienced within the last three years this is the third tragedy that we've had in our town," said Nováky's Mayor Dušan Šimka "The first was the explosion of the Nováky chemical plant in September 2005 the was the cave-in at the mine where four miners died But this [explosion at the VOP] was the biggest disaster that we've had yet fire engines and ambulances here in my life," he said Slovakia became NATO's leading country for defusing ammunition in 2005 and was set to prepare instructions for disposing of obsolete weapons that would be adopted by the other 26 or NATO's member countries The daily reported on March 5 that NATO had plans to build a state-of-the-art defusing facility at the VOP which distinguished itself in the 1990s for its defusing of the Soviet SS 23 rocket system Kašický has said that Slovakia will now have to readdress the issue along with its commitments to NATO Six Roma youths were beaten by skinheads 24 hours after police broke up a neo-Nazi concert.A 20-year-old Roma suffered concussion and several broken fingers after he was attacked by a group of 20 skinheads in Prievidza September 30.Witnesses say the incident took place near the Billa supermarket and that local Nazi supporters were responsible.One man has since been arrested and charged with a racially motivated crime after he admitted to police he was a Nazi supporter.Miroslav B told police: "I am a skinhead and I hate gypsies." Police took action against a neo-fascist rally for the first time in Slovak history.photo: Name of photographer withheld by request Six Roma youths were beaten by skinheads 24 hours after police broke up a neo-Nazi concert suffered concussion and several broken fingers after he was attacked by a group of 20 skinheads in Prievidza September 30 Witnesses say the incident took place near the Billa supermarket and that local Nazi supporters were responsible One man has since been arrested and charged with a racially motivated crime after he admitted to police he was a Nazi supporter confirmed they were now pursuing the case and investigating the activities of 15 other men on the night of September 30 photo: Name of photographer withheld by request "I can confirm we are investigating a racially motivated crime and that those responsible will face the full force of the law," he said police stopped an illegal neo Nazi concert in Papradno (in the Považská Bystrica district) attended by around 500 skinheads from across Europe and the US The police operation involved 150 officers and 89 skinheads were detained The police used only handcuffs as a means of restraint and those detained were released in the morning while other skinheads in Papradno left at about 5:00 Trenčín Regional Police spokesperson said: "We checked every person who was there We brought 89 people in for questioning on suspicion of supporting movements suppressing human rights and freedoms "All of them were released and so far no charges have been brought considering the information we have gathered A video camera with two cassettes and knives was also seized another two from Slovakia and one Czech group were supposed to participate but band members disappeared a short time before the raid Slovenia and Germany are also believed to have attended the concert which was held to commemorate the death of Ian Stuart Donaldson founder of the Blood and Honour organisation and lead singer of Skrewdriver Donaldson died in a car crash in the UK in September 1993 According to the Ľudia Proti Rasizmu (People Against Racism - ĽPR) NGO the concert was one of the biggest neo-Nazi events in central Europe where the "elite of the elite" in the skinhead movement met ĽPR chairman Ladislav Ďurkovič said he now feared that revenge attacks would be targeted against Roma other minorities and anti-racist activists "The police poked a hornet's nest which could lead to the radicalisation and strengthening of the neo-Nazi movement We can now expect an increased number of skinhead attacks targeted against Roma people other minority groups and third sector activists like us The skinheads know it was us who tipped off the police," he warned the neo-Nazis who attended the concert wrote on their internet web page: "The incident in Prievidza was not the last one let them see that no police intervention will stop us "We didn't do anything that would be considered criminal in a free country and still tens of us were brought in by the police." photo: Name of photographer withheld by requestSome of the most important work that remains is identifying the owners and distributors of the Nazi paraphernalia ĽPR say Saturday's rally involved "the hardest core of global neo-Nazis" ĽPR praised the police action but insisted they now expected law enforcement officers to pursue prosecutions and investigate skinhead movements in Slovakia "After several neo-Nazi meetings earlier this year which were ignored by the police we put all our efforts into changing the approach of the police towards these meetings and we succeeded," said Ďurkovič "Participation alone in such an event is a crime involving the suppression of human rights and freedoms "But we are disappointed that the police questioned only 235 suspects out of more than 500 neo-Nazis in attendance." Police spokesperson Bušová said that the people at the concert did not publicly claim to be neo-Nazis and that the event had been organised under the guise of a dance party said the police plan to strengthen their fight against organised neo-Nazi groups and claimed such a policy is already in use "The proof of it was this action," he said Bermuda basketball player Sullivan Phillips is anxiously waiting for the Great Britain Olympic training camp to start later this month as he looks to win a spot on their London Games squad.Phillips was named in the preliminary Standard Life Great Britain Men’s basketball squad last month.He was joined by NBA stars Luol Deng (Chicago Bulls) Ben Gordon (Detroit Pistons) and Byron Mullens (Charlotte Bobcats) after all three confirmed their availability and commitment to pull on the Great Britain jersey this summer.The squad is set to kick off their full training regime on June 15 for two weeks before the roster is cut from 16 to 12 players Phillips made the first cut at the beginning of the month which reduced the squad from 21 players to the current number.The BC Prievidza forward is currently keeping himself fit playing in various leagues before making the trip to Houston the Bermuda international enjoyed an exceptional season even by his lofty standards.After having the season he had Phillips is confident of making the team and insists he is not just going to the trials to make up the numbers.“I’m definitely confident of making the team I won’t be there to make up numbers I’ll be there to make the Olympic team to represent GB,” he said.“My faith in God and belief my work ethic is high and I’ll go and do my best and if it’s in his will I’ll be in London that’s how I see it.”The Standard Life Great Britain women’s team lost 81-59 to Croatia on Monday in the first game of their build-up to this summer’s London Games Great Britain lost their second match against Croatia in a narrow 77-74 defeat on Tuesday.Bermuda’s Jenaya Wade-Fray is involved with the team as they prepare for the Games Belgium is the next destination for the side with a four-nation tournament this weekend that tips off with GB facing Ukraine tomorrow but the mining company insists that its employees were endangered by the protest whom the police detained in November 2017 for scaling the mining tower in Nováky (Trenčín Region) will only be charged with a misdemeanour after administrative proceedings “The criminal police department of the regional police corps headquarters in Trenčín decided that 12 activists who non-violently protected the Upper Nitra region against coal mining did not commit any crime,” Greenpeace informed on its website The activists from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, and Belgium posted a banner on November 22, 2018 on the mining tower of the coal mining company Hornonitrianske Bane Prievidza police transferred the case to the district mining authority in Prievidza (Trenčín Region) “The decision of the investigator has confirmed what we’ve been explaining from the very beginning,” she said “Greenpeace activists committed no crime and thus didn’t harm anybody’s health we are currently witnessing a critical change in climate and this act of the activists was a sign of bravery “Activism mustn’t be punished,” Kohútková added the Hornonitrianske Bane Prievidza mining company insists that the activists who climbed the tower endangered the safety of their employees “The investigation was transferred to the state mining authority which will decide on the responsibility and fault rate of the activists’ actions,” said Adriana Siváková spokesperson of Hornonitrianske Bane Prievidza “The prosecution into the crime of obstructing the execution of justice still hasn’t been concluded An investigator from the Prievidza District Police Directorate is carrying out procedural moves in the case in line with the Penal Order at the order of a prosecutor from the Prievidza District Prosecutor’s Office,” said Sipavy a prosecutor from the Prievidza District Prosecutor’s Office based on an examination of the dossier scrapped a decision made by an investigator on September 12 2016 to drop suspicions into the crime of obstructing the execution of justice A copy of the resolution on relaunching the prosecution obtained by TASR states that the “perpetrator as a staff member of the Main Mining Office (HBU) via their orders concerning the drawing up of a report on the findings influenced the work of the consultative commission” TV Markiza was the first to report on the investigation’s re-launching in October 2016 citing a former head of the mining security department at HBU “The evidence that’s possible to find in the investigation dossier suggest that the entire course of the mining tragedy but mainly the causes of the fatal working injuries of the 20 miners who presided over the consultative commission the probable causes of death didn’t make it into the commission’s conclusive report following an intervention by HBU chairman Peter Kukelcik HBU reacted to the report by rejecting the accusations The tragic explosion took place underground in the morning of August 10 2009 in the-then Eastern Shaft at the Handlova mine The explosion of mining gases and its aftermath killed 20 miners and mining rescuers Another nine miners suffered various kinds of injuries Rescuers were tackling a fire that had emerged in the shaft when a blast occurred shortly after 9:30 a.m The incident is considered to be the biggest tragedy in the history of modern Slovak mining convicted three people from the Upper Nitra Mines Prievidza in regards to the incident – Ladislav H. – sentencing them to imprisonment for between five to eight years including multi-year bans on carrying out senior posts at mines The verdict still hasn’t entered into force as all three men via their lawyers immediately appealed the convictions the Slovak Lines bus company offers a comfortable bus service to Pohoda Festival 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