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Confusion, insecurities, prejudice. Ormandík’s wall is on display in Danubiana Students from Košice win a place in the land rover 4X4 in schools world finals

Caregiver Dušan, a breadwinning father working in Austria, will earn €6,000 less this year

The Austrian government has cut down child benefits for Slovak parents working in Austria if their children live in Slovakia. The European Commission regards the measure to be discriminatory.

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A dynamic year in the industrial and logistics sector

Modesta Real Estate looks back on an exciting year in the industrial & logistics asset class.

News

Nine judges left the Constitutional Court. How will it work?

The court now has only four active judges and has published new work schedule.

News

Special Prosecutor Kováčik denies speculations over his loan

His bank reported a suspicious bank operation to the police, but they did not deal with the case. The incumbent police corps president may order the case to be re-opened.

Opinion

Blog: Regional development as the key to unlock regional potential

A practical overview of the variety of measures, schemes and instruments supporting regional development and the recent changes to the legislative framework.

News

Dutch Embassy in Slovakia is the greenest of all

The embassy has gone zero-waste. Its employees use no plastic bags and use reusable lunch boxes.

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Noerr advised on WebSupport deal

Noerr Slovakia is pleased to announce its new department “Digital Business”

Culture & lifestyle

Owls indicate spring is coming

Male owls lured by bird calls fly in to take a look at the intruder.

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Business

Taxify drivers misuse women's numbers to flirt with them

The company failed to explain why Taxify drivers in Slovakia, unlike other countries, can see their customers' phone numbers.

Opinion

The moment that changed my perception of the media

One flew over the newsprint: Images from the history of the Sme daily

Alexej Fulmek (right) and Karol Ježík in the early days of Sme.

Culture & lifestyle

Blog: A small country like Slovakia can enable big change

Peter Irikovsky, the well-travelled CEO of Exponea, insists Slovakia is a flexible and optimistic nation.

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Breath-taking photographs of Slovak mountains

Illustrations of selected churches in Slovakia

Spring in Bratislava

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N. Fürst: The man who survived three concentration camps and a death march

Words cannot describe what the fear, hunger and cold felt like, nor the moment when a child is reunited with their parents, Naftali Fürst said of his experience in the camps of Sereď, Auschwitz and Buchenwald.

The top 5 facts you need to know about road closures in Bratislava

Closures of frequently used roads will complicate traffic in the Slovak capital.

Traffic in Bratislava will get complicated as of February 15.

Poll: Smer would have won parliamentary elections

Nine parties would enter parliament.

Business

Established in 1991, Volkswagen Slovakia has developed into the biggest private employer in Slovakia.

Volkswagen will scrap 3,000 jobs by June

The number may be even higher if the carmaker fails to win a new model.

Economic growth was disappointing at the end of the year

Statistics Office estimates that Slovakia’s GDP grew by 3.6 percent in the final quarter of 2018.

New vouchers re-spark red tape controversy

The cost of recreational vouchers and other new duties may emerge as a problem in times of recession.

Businesses are complaining about more red tape.

Opinion

Fico tears his dignity into pieces during live broadcast

The ex-prime minister is dragging his party into a political sink.

Media zombies are soft on the powerful

Politicians again shelter themselves with sinful press code amendment.

The “commoner’s” Central Europe is hollow

We have inherited the Habsburg’s conservative worldview along with their hot desserts.

Prince Eugene of Savoy overlooking Budapest.

Travel

Best places to travel to in Europe in 2019? Bratislava is on the list!

The capital of a neighbouring country was voted first.

Love experiment: Find your soulmate in Slovakia's Love Bank

The Love Bank in Banská Štiavnica wants to help 100,000 single people find their everlasting love.

The first Love Bank is situated in Banská Štiavnica, central Slovakia.

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Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava

Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between February 15 and February 24, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions and highlights of the year.