In less then 100 days the elite ice hockey World Championship starts in two Slovak cities – Bratislava and Košice (29.4.-15.5.2011). This event should be watched by 350 000 spectators and a further 600 000 000 television viewers around the planet.
On the first of February starts the third phase of ticket sales. The people will be able to buy tickets for individual games.

During the live security tests, Slovak authorities planted eight plastic explosives, in the luggage of unsuspecting passengers. Seven items were detected by airport security, but the eighth one was lost and unwittingly transported to Dublin.

The Slovak Republic changes the system of charging the road infrastructure from highway stickers to the electronic toll collection system. The new electronic tolling system put into operation at midnight on 1st January 2010.