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Senate voted STU rector down. They also cite fake news website
The session of the Academic Senate proposed that Rector Fikar be dismissed. Police called to the university as well.
- 1. Nationwide testing confirmed for this weekend
- 2. Slovakia orders a curfew and embarks on its COVID experiment
- 3. Curfew and closed schools. Slovakia goes into a mild lockdown this weekend
- 4. Coronavirus cancels buses to Vienna
- 5. News digest: Pilot testing deemed successful
- 6. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 901 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 7. Here's where you can fly from Slovakia during the pandemic
- 8. Pilot nationwide testing is over
- 9. Dozens of people die of COVID every day. A drop not expected for at least two weeks
- 10. Extension of the tram line deeper into Bratislava’s Petržalka is closer to completion
- 1. Curfew and closed schools. Slovakia goes into a mild lockdown this weekend
- 2. Trails and tribulations: the important work of Slovakia’s unpaid hiking route markers
- 3. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 901 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 4. Pilot nationwide testing is over
- 5. Tourist finds ancient silver coins under an uprooted tree
- 6. Threats have worked. People queued for COVID testing before the official start
- 7. Slovaks filmed drone video of the month
- 8. Nationwide testing confirmed for this weekend
- 9. Day two of pilot testing in hardest-hit regions is off to a smoother start
- 10. Slovakia orders a curfew and embarks on its COVID experiment
- 1. Curfew and closed schools. Slovakia goes into a mild lockdown this weekend
- 2. Those who don't attend testing should stay in isolation
- 3. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 901 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 4. News digest: Curfew and testing is the Slovak-style lockdown
- 5. News digest: Lockdown not out of the question, PM Matovič says
- 6. Slovaks filmed drone video of the month
- 7. Trails and tribulations: the important work of Slovakia’s unpaid hiking route markers
- 8. Tourist finds ancient silver coins under an uprooted tree
- 9. The state prepares nationwide coronavirus testing
- 10. Antigen tests for nationwide testing arrived in Slovakia
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Dozens of people die of COVID every day. A drop not expected for at least two weeks
People who would otherwise survive may die of other serious diagnoses due to the epidemic.
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Slovakia orders a curfew and embarks on its COVID experiment
High turnout in testing in four northern districts, decision awaited on extending the project to the nation. Prison for a prominent prosecutor and parliament's speaker injured.
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Mountain resorts Jasná and High Tatras temporarily closed
They could reopen on November 6 if the situation improves.
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Here's where you can fly from Slovakia during the pandemic
Several airlines have cut their offer for the winter season.
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Economy Minister Sulík is the most trustworthy cabinet member
The environment and justice ministers are also highly trusted, according to the latest Focus poll.
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Extension of the tram line deeper into Bratislava’s Petržalka is closer to completion
After completion, passengers will be able to go from the very end of Petržalka to the city centre in 10 minutes.
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Curfew and closed schools. Slovakia goes into a mild lockdown this weekend
Nationwide testing will follow, accompanied by another curfew.
Coronavirus in Slovakia: 901 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 46,000.
Nationwide testing confirmed for this weekend
The health minister hopes it will help to reverse the current trend of increasing daily cases.
No test, no work. Employees will have to take paid or unpaid leave
Those who will be quarantined with a positive test result will be entitled to pandemic sick leave.
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Delivery and takeaway are growing in popularity after restrictions were put in place, but it is not an option for everyone.
No balanced budget for next three years, this time due to COVID-19
2021-2023 general government budgets lack consolidation measures.
PM wants to test everyone, Kotleba already positive in neo-Nazism
Nationwide testing is less utopian than the blackout but it is driven by the same ambition.
Volunteering in developing countries is an adventure from beginning to end
Slovak Jozef Baňás spent 12 months volunteering in Georgia.
First steps towards renewing public trust in the judiciary
In an in-depth interview, Minister of Justice Mária Kolíková outlines her ambitious plan to renew public trust in the judiciary.
Trails and tribulations: the important work of Slovakia’s unpaid hiking route markers
But veteran trail marker says hikers need to pay attention to more than just signs.
Volunteers collect 355 kilos of waste in the mountains
They picked up the rubbish in the Tatras and Pieniny.
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Slovakia's best-selling thriller writer: I fear a fragmented society more than the themes of my books
Jozef Karika has published the new thriller Smršť. The halny wind is its main theme.
Roundup: Over the weekend, Kino Lumiére to resume its virtual cinema
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Slovak all-female relay swimmers make history crossing the Channel
The country's first all-female team to swim the Channel trained in Slovakia during rain and storms.
The revival of Slovak rugby championed by French player
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