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Yuri Dojc: I did not want to live under occupation
Slovakia is not even close to what I remember from my life here, says the Canadian-Slovak photographer.
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- 3. The memory of emigration will survive in our children's children Photo
- 4. Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava Video
- 5. August 1968: After a temporary thaw, the Czechoslovak borders were sealed
- 6. Is Slovakia's hyperloop dream over?
- 7. The beauty of a Tatra valley Photo
- 8. For a Decent Slovakia initiative will resume protests in September
- 9. We were on the run, but we were welcomed Photo
- 10. The real estate market reflects the tighter conditions regulating mortgages
- 1. The memory of emigration will survive in our children's children Photo
- 2. Coworking spaces spring up like mushrooms in Slovakia Photo
- 3. Is Slovakia's hyperloop dream over?
- 4. Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava Video
- 5. August 1968: After a temporary thaw, the Czechoslovak borders were sealed
- 6. We were on the run, but we were welcomed Photo
- 7. Yuri Dojc: I did not want to live under occupation
- 8. Blog: Bistro owner rediscovered his love for Slovakia abroad
- 9. For a Decent Slovakia initiative will resume protests in September
- 10. The beauty of a Tatra valley Photo
- 1. Is Slovakia's hyperloop dream over?
- 2. Blog: Bistro owner rediscovered his love for Slovakia abroad
- 3. The memory of emigration will survive in our children's children Photo
- 4. August 1968: After a temporary thaw, the Czechoslovak borders were sealed
- 5. Jaguar will need people from abroad for its plant in Slovakia
- 6. Coworking spaces spring up like mushrooms in Slovakia Photo
- 7. German investors keep coming to Slovakia, bringing more automation
- 8. Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava Video
- 9. Hungarian oligarchs expand to Slovakia
- 10. The US Embassy will hit the road
Opinion
We will not allow Ján and Martina to be forgotten
Statement from Slovak journalists half a year after the murder of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová
Opinion
Our emigrants’ stories: lessons in humanity
Slovaks who fled the 1968 occupation tell us what it means to be a refugee.
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We were on the run, but we were welcomedPhoto
Slovak-Swiss writer Irena Brežná was forced to emigrate but found a way to fill her life with meaning in a foreign land.
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Last Week in Slovakia: This could be the hottest summerAudio
Listen to all the headlines from the last week.
Culture & lifestyle
Foreigners: Top 10 events in BratislavaVideo
Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between August 17 and August 26, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions and highlights of the year.
Opinion
The memory of emigration will survive in our children's childrenPhoto
Dušan Tóth, a noted figure of the Slovak community in Canada remembers 1968 and his emigration.
Culture & lifestyle
Travelling exhibition of Alexander Dubček’s photos opens on selected trainsPhoto
Unique photographs from TASR archives commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Prague Spring violently interrupted by the “friendly” invasion of Soviet armies – then an ally of Czechoslovakia – and fellow…
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August 1968: After a temporary thaw, the Czechoslovak borders were sealed
Tens of thousands of citizens used the window of opportunity and left Czechoslovakia following the invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops 50 years ago.
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Hungarian oligarchs expand to Slovakia
Hungarian firms investigated by EU’s anti-fraud office try to do business in Slovakia.
For a Decent Slovakia initiative will resume protests in September
The initiative insists on early election.
Slovaks receive the European “science Oscar”
Ján Tkáč from the Slovak Academy of Sciences has received financing for a project to diagnose prostate cancer more accurately.
Is Slovakia's hyperloop dream over?
Hyperloop Transportation Technologies is working on projects in the Czech Republic and China.
Growing popularity of domestic food increases food fraud
Food inspections found 9.4 percent irregularities in six months
Iconic company Palma will again produce table oils in Slovakia
The firm is owned by financiers of the Slavia Capital group.
America is rolling into a town near you
We want to know what people throughout the country are optimistic about, what concerns them, and how they view the relationship between Slovakia and the United States, US ambassador to Slovakia writes.
If we do not resist evil, we go along with it
Gas chambers were preceded by eight or so years of seemingly reasonable people trying to rationalise irrational racism.
Blog: Need for increased collaboration on human capital challenges
In our fast-changing world, organizations need to reconsider their role in the society to stay relevant.
The US Embassy will hit the road
In which towns will the embassy caravan stop?
NAKA detained Russian businessman Vinogradov
The Russian businessman was wanted by an international warrant for real estate fraud.
Comenius University now offers law studies in English
The Law Faculty of the university is offering a new study course – focusing on EU and international law.
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Blog: Bistro owner rediscovered his love for Slovakia abroad
Slovak Peter Janicina spent seven years in Scotland. Now, the owner of U Kubistu is using his international experience to promote local change.
Gipsy Bashavel makes Bratislava dance again Video
Visitors can enjoy lively music and dancing, taste traditional Roma delicacies, and watch young talents take to the stage.
Tradition of horse wagon carriage has survived half a century Photo
Carriages beautifully decorated this year as well.
Mikita: A migrant child who became an ice-hockey star Photo
The legendary ice-hockey player passed away on August 7 at the age of 78.
Slovak shooter wins women’s skeet at European Championships
Danka Barteková won the skeet competition, while two other Slovak shooters triumphed in the double trap mixed teams’ competition in Leobersdorf.
Slovak race walker Tóth: "Silver has the worth of gold for me"
Matej Tóth wins medal by displaying remarkable effort in the final few kilometres.
