The underground rapid transit lines have been under construction for almost two decades due to various project delays The cross pinnacle on the Tower of Jesus Christ will be ready to receive visitors in 2026 on the centennial of Gaudi’s death Now you can get your wine in Talence by paying directly in Bitcoin That’s because the state has to spend money on updating the railway infrastructure rather than subsidizing the cost of the popular pass Steffen Romstöck said that he would respect the residents’ choice and would take over the helm of the municipality which will come into force from 1 January 2025 Rethinking renewable energy sources for the urban landscape But operating them is still illegal under the country’s legislation can inform and inspire communities and entrepreneurs that still feel trepidation at the prospect of energy transition it has a unique modular design that allows it to be shortened and lengthened like a train that’s the promise made by the mayor of Paris the district has long been known as the hangout spot for the artsy crowds Hostal de Pinós is located in the geographical centre of the autonomous region the ranking considers several distinct but essential factors these quiet areas will now be available on all main routes in the country The academic institution shows a deeper understanding of the well-being of its students Ondrej Brendza was born on 24 September 1973 He studied at the Faculty of Law of the Pavel Jozef Šafárik University in Košice He worked at the Administration of the Real Estate Cadastre in Stropkov where from 1998 to 2013 he held the position of director After the transformation in 2014 he was the head of the cadastral department of the District Office Brendza started his career as a football referee in 1992 and from 2010 to 2016 he was an international assistant referee at FIFA Since 2002 he has been the chairman of the Ondava Regional Football Association he was first elected mayor of Stropkov on 15 November 2014 and defended his mandate on 10 November 2018 In Stropkov you can find an attractive natural setting with mineral springs We use to describe Stropkov as a little big city The first written mention of the town dates back to the year 1404 Dating back to the turn of the 14th century the Gothic Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ church is Stropkov’s most significant cultural and historical sight The church and the nearby Gothic and Renaissance manor house used to be a part of the former castle of Stropkov You can find here an attractive natural setting with mineral springs a great number of interesting historical and cultural sights and the sports and recreational services near the town Excellent recreational and water sports conditions are provided by recreational resorts at the nearby reservoir of Domaša The region provides several fishing opportunities and is a well-known mushroom picking locality The rich offer of cultural events is represented by the summer Market of Stropkov Christmas markets and several subregional sports events In the district of Stropkov there is the village of Tokajík It is famous for the 1944´s war tragedy where a cemetery and a WW II The region of Stropkov was an important area of WW I In the village of Velkrop there is the largest military cemetery in Central Europe.  North-east of Slovakia and the Polish border is also known as the region of historical wooden churches In the district of Stropkov there is also the village of Miková were the parents of the PopArt founder Andy Warhol I am very pleased that we have fulfilled most of our election program from 2014 We focused on the reconstruction of sports grounds revitalized public spaces and created new tourist sites near the town.  We have also streamlined the operation of town companies We have a successful partnership with the archdiocesan charity which covers the Roma community center in the city It also provides care services for the pensioners There is field social work with the Roma community in the town We are also a co-founder of the Children house of Divine's mercy facility for the physically and mentally handicapped Thanks to the cooperation of the municipality and a private investor the hospital operates a specialized facility for patients with diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's syndrome We have also created conditions for the functioning of a day center for seniors and a maternity center for mothers with small children We make several investments thanks to combined financing with EU funds We are starting to reconstruct a tourist cottage in the recreational zone “Pod vlekom” within the cross-border cooperation in the near future We are preparing the reconstruction of the ice rink thanks to a subsidy from Prešov self-government region and the Slovak government We are starting to reconstruct the church tower the most important cultural monument in the region This is the result of our cooperation with the Roman Catholic parish office and state government We created a museum in the manor house and in cooperation with the Regional Museum a permanent exhibition was also set up there We are reconstructing a football stadium thanks to a subsidy from the Slovak football association and we are also investing in road infrastructure thanks to funds from the government and own money We have also fulfilled our election promise to build at least one new playground every year small ski lift are undergoing gradual renovation The town has enough space for sports for young people and the public during every season And we are also the founder of the most attractive places for tourists in the region - Animal Park in the centre of town Since 2015 we have been trying to transform it into a better place to live I chose the Success Story of a Small Town as the election slogan and I am glad that our citizens also appreciate it we want to build on our rich history and be even more open to tourists as we feel a slight deficit in this regard Connecting is necessary and it is certainly appropriate for European mayors to be able to find interesting information in one place and to establish new or strengthen existing cooperation through such a portal To find out more about Stropkov, visit the profile of the municipality. The 10th European Conference on Sustainable Cities and Towns (ESCT) sets the stage for stronger cooperation between the EU national and local level to fast track Europe's transition to climate neutrality Urban dwellers across the EU are having a say in making their surroundings friendlier to people and the environment Forests in the EU can help green the European construction industry and bolster a continent-wide push for architectural improvements Apply by 10 November and do your part for the transformation of European public spaces An interview with the Mayor of a Polish city that seeks to reinvent itself An interview with the newly elected ICLEI President and Mayor of Malmö A conversation with the Mayor of Lisbon about the spirit and dimensions of innovation present in the Portuguese capital While The Archdiocese of Cincinnati celebrated Ordination on May 18 several other men graduated from The Athenaeum of Ohio/Mt St Mary’s Seminary and are readying for their ordination Deacon Simon Mino will be ordained June 15 in Kosice He is the son of Martin and Bernadeta Mino and his home parish is St He attended II Elementary School (10-13) in Stropkov Slovakia; Electrician Vocational School (10-13) in Stropkov “My dream of priesthood started during my early days,” Deacon Mino said “I pretended to celebrate Mass and hear confessions of my brother and parents my desire to become a priest developed much stronger.” His grandmother was a key influence on his vocation “I was strongly influenced by my grandmother I accompanied her to the Mass all the time and she talked to me about vocations,’ Deacon Mino said My whole childhood I spent in Stropkov-Sitník nearby the Polish border My village has approximately 350 people and all of them are Catholics and devoted to the Church “My parents and I have always gone to the Church no matter what.” I pretended to celebrate the Mass and my dream to become a priest grew stronger I found old missals written in old Slavonic language in the attic of my house My brother and cousins used to be my servers and lectors,” he said “We not only had fun but also grew in faith together we are still close to each other and keep in touch,” Deacon Mino treasures his journey to the priesthood “The journey has been difficult and yet beautiful,” he said “It has been a lot about persevering in that some barriers stood in my way But daily prayer and adoration helped to get through complicated times.” The Catholic Telegraph is the official news source of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati beautiful and inspiring resource to help you get more out of Lent than ever before A selection of short feel-good stories from Slovakia Every week The Slovak Spectator brings you a selection of three short stories from across Slovakia in which pessimism and negativity are absent third-graders from the Secondary Vocational School of Electrical Engineering in Stropkov decided to congratulate Britain's King Charles III on his 75th birthday They also expressed their admiration for his work for young people and his activities to protect the environment “To our great surprise, we found we had received a letter from Buckingham Palace after returning to school from the holidays,” they wrote on the school’s website They received a thank-you card featuring a picture of the king It read: “I am enormously grateful to you for thinking of me on my 75th birthday and for sending me such a touching message.” Austrian ornithologists have observed a record number of great bustards in the Slovak part of Trojmedzie the point where the borders of three countries – Slovakia They counted 580 great bustards there in mid January Such high numbers were last reported only in 1973 according to the Slovak Ornithological Society/BirdLife Slovakia organisation Great bustards are among the heaviest flying animals in the world “Of course, we’re talking about the birds spending the winter here, as nearly all the bustards from Austria, western Hungary and Slovakia have flown here,” they wrote on Facebook adding that the nesting population is smaller there are more nesting birds than in the past A team at the Double Red Cars museum in Brezno plans to present one of the rarest modern cars in the world to visitors They are currently putting together parts of a Mercedes-Benz CLK GTR, a GT1 sports car made in the 1990s. Only 26 examples were made, including one that was used for crash testing, the MY Novohrad wrote on its website “Almost no one in the world knew there was a twenty-sixth car which they used for the aforementioned test,” said Marcel Kolenička The video from the crash test has been kept.” with scrapes and stickers from the crash tests are now being assembled as part of the Phoenix project The latter will be kept in their original form and shape Segedínsky guláš, a Slovak creamy sauerkraut stew, is surprisingly easy to make. Cook one with us Armenian Artur Gevorkyan has built up a company in Slovakia that specialises in powder metallurgy Its strong position on the market is reflected in its continuously growing sales and list of customers Visitors are flocking to a new unofficial winter attraction near Tisovec, in central Slovakia – huge frozen waterfalls Natural spas in Kalameny in the Liptov region are bursting at the seams all year round The parking lot is lined with registration numbers from all over the world Kofola, a company that produces soft drinks, has been using the same Christmas ad for more than 20 years. It has become part of Christmas in Slovakia, says the company’s co-owner, Jannis Samara Caption: The full list of artists who take the culture minister seriously A meme published by the satirical website Zomri.online reacts to the almost universally negative response of Slovakia's artistic community to several recent steps taken by Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová (SNS nominee), aimed especially against the LGBT+ community These included a poll that appeared on the Culture Ministry Facebook page asking people whether it should support cultural heritage sites or LGBT+-related events where “underage children are taught how to present themselves during sexual shows where half-naked people show up in squares” You can send me your tips on good news stories about Slovakia or funny memes at: radka.minarechova@spectator.sk Rabbi Avraham Shalom Halberstam of Jerusalem delivered an inspirational talk to frum Jewish businessmen at Chabad of Melbourne CBD in the city’s major business district Some eager attendees took off work or traveled from Caulfield to meet the rabbi known for promoting Ahavas Yisroel and running several yeshivas and kolelim in Jerusalem and other cities in Israel He was introduced by Rabbi Dovid Leib Shmerling who noted the long-standing close ties between Lubavitch and Stropkov the chassidic group which originated from a town in the Presov Region of Slovakia a graduate of the Chabad Yeshiva Tomchei Tmimim in Lod began with discussing a peculiarity in the Parsha Rashi says that one should only be ‘reproachful’ (מוכיח) immediately prior to his death “But isn’t it sometimes a mitzvah to rebuke a person who is doing wrong?” he asked The Stropkover answered that while rebuke is sometimes a necessity the Hebrew word of ‘mochiach’ also means to prove Moshe could demonstrate that the path of Hashem and Torah are the right path and the good path Moshe’s words were not only addressed the generation of the Midbar he was speaking all Jews of all generation for a Tzadik’s voice is eternal,” he said The Stropkover Rebbe also passionately discussed how lucky we are to have such a close loving relationship with Hashem to the extent that we address Hashem in the second person “Baruch Ata,'” rather than the reverential third person Commenting on the battle against Hamas in Israel he encouraged the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Mezuza campaign and commented that we write ‘Shin Daled Yud’ on the visible side of the Mezuza because it spells out Shomer Dalsos Yisroel (protector of Israel’s doors) He said it alludes to Hashem’s care for Bnei Yisroel and Shomea Divrei Hashem which alludes to Bnai Yisroel’s dedication to Hashem Attendees left inspired and with thanks to Rabbi Chaim Herzog Sign up for the COLlive Daily News Roundup and never miss a story Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_1").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()) Δdocument.getElementById("ak_js_2").setAttribute("value",(new Date()).getTime()) We were zoche to host the Stropkover rebbe in our home over the years He is a very special yid with a tremdous amount of ahavas yisroel As a Stropkover myself I intimately know of the close warm relationship between the two Chasiduses Whenever I speak with my Rebbe Shlita he constantly reminds me that I need to keep up with Chitas as well as learning Lubavitch Chassidus This article further demonstrates the love that the Stropkover has for Lubavitch May this demonstration of Ahavas Yisroel serve to bring us closer to the ultimate redemption with Moshiach Tzikeinu There are some eerie parallels between the region's past and Ukraine's more recent travails I recently took a break from refugees for a day and visited the past an education professor from nearby Prešov University housed in a former school gym in Košice still celebrates Hungarian culture in this hometown of the great Hungarian writer Sándor Márai who – an indication of the strength of Magyar culture in early 20th-century Košice – never learned a word of Slovak growing up here a little over a century ago my refugee aid host Kristína Slezáková had bemoaned Hungary’s old dominance complaining about 18th-century anti-Habsburg rebel Ferenc II Rákóczi's tomb beneath St Elisabeth Cathedral’s precious Gothic double spiral stairs “I think Hungarians still think it is theirs,” she said. Though a Slovak Rusyn like Slezáková “There’s an interesting parallel between Russian-speaking Ukrainians who don't sympathise with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and Hungary’s 1938 takeover of southern Slovakia,” he mused It wasn’t perfect democracy in Czechoslovakia but they [local Hungarian-speakers] no longer had an interest in returning to the authoritarian Hungarian regime.” 1939 Hungarian-Ukrainian and subsequent March 23-31 1939 Slovak-Hungarian “little wars” – though I had heard that residents of the border region were in some confusion as to whether they’d end up belonging to Czechoslovakia 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 strong magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit 42 km (26 mi) away from Presov, Presov,  Slovakia 2023 at 8.23 pm local time (Europe/Bratislava GMT +2) The quake had a very shallow depth of 6.5 km (4 mi) and was felt over a large region The shallow depth of the quake caused it to be felt more strongly near the epicenter than a deeper quake of similar magnitude would.