Slovak mountain rescue service safeguards tourism and people's lives

STORY: Slovak mountain rescue service safeguards tourism and people's lives SHOOTING TIME: March 21, 2024 DATELINE: March 24, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:26 LOCATION: Bratislava CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE (English): IGNOR ZIAK, Deputy Director of the Mountain Rescue Service of Slovakia 2. various of the Mountain Rescue Service building STORYLINE: Slovak Mountain Rescue Service, which celebrated its 20th anniversary last year, is under the Slovak Ministry of Interior Affairs. The Tatras Mountains in northern Slovakia is popular among sports lovers in Central Europe for skiing and hiking, particularly its Jasna Ski Resort, the largest of its kind in Central Europe. Ignor Ziak, Deputy Director of the Mountain Rescue Service of Slovakia, told Xinhua that they have done around 1,200 rescues during the year of 2023, mainly in the winter. They provide rescue service for skiers at the ski resorts as well as climbers in other mountainous areas. They also provide avalanche danger warnings based on scientif

Astronomical Observatory in High Tatry, Skalnate pleso

Astronomical Observatory in High Tatry, Skalnate pleso

Astronomical Observatory and Meteorological Station Skalnate pleso in the High Tatras, Slovak Republic, 2019. (CTK Photo/Rostislav Kalousek)

Wooden chapel with cross, High Tatry, Hrebienok

Wooden chapel with cross, High Tatry, Hrebienok

Wooden chapel with a cross in the High Tatry in Hrebienok, Slovak Republic, 2019. (CTK Photo/Rostislav Kalousek)

Astronomical Observatory in High Tatry, Skalnate pleso

Astronomical Observatory in High Tatry, Skalnate pleso

Astronomical Observatory and Meteorological Station Skalnate pleso in the High Tatras, Slovak Republic, 2019. (CTK Photo/Rostislav Kalousek)

High Tatras, Skalnate pleso

High Tatras, Skalnate pleso

High Tatras from Skalnate pleso, Slovak Republic, 2019. (CTK Photo/Rostislav Kalousek)

High Tatras, Skalnate pleso

High Tatras, Skalnate pleso

High Tatras from Skalnate pleso, Slovak Republic, 2019. (CTK Photo/Rostislav Kalousek)

High Tatras, Skalnate pleso

High Tatras, Skalnate pleso

High Tatras from Skalnate pleso, Slovak Republic, 2019. (CTK Photo/Rostislav Kalousek)

High Tatras, Skalnate pleso

High Tatras, Skalnate pleso

High Tatras from Skalnate pleso, Slovak Republic, 2019. (CTK Photo/Rostislav Kalousek)