Archive of articles - April 2025
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What abides: Giving a shit
The twin towers are down, we’ve all moved on, but The Slovak Spectator’s essentials are as relevant as ever.
Slovakia’s rising stars are changing what it means to lead
Armed with science, creativity, and global ambition, young Slovaks are leaving their mark on industries ranging from space tech to psychology.
A diplomat who thrives on building bridges…and making things happen
Facilitating cross-border collaboration is fundamental to Europe’s future, says Maja Wawrzyk.
Bratislava to get new flats as iconic building awaits reconstruction
Original plan now taking shape.
News digest: 350 brown bears to be culled as Slovakia declares emergency
Flats in Bratislava are getting smaller, problems at the Betliar Museum, and Gorals gain recognition.
Unique underground museum in Košice reopens, major renovation set for next year
The city has secured the necessary building permit.
Culture minister, Betliar Museum employees blame each other for problems
Problems at the museum started last November.
Slovakia’s Gorals gain recognition. Historians say it is a joke.
Despite criticism from experts, the minority secures access to public funding in effort to preserve fast-vanishing dialects and traditions.
Flats in Bratislava are getting smaller, otherwise no one would buy them
People prefer three smaller rooms to two bigger ones.
We are partners, friends and Allies
Three defining moments in the UK-Slovakia relationship.
News digest: Police brutality detailed, but MPs refuse to listen
Wednesday brings a crucial court date for a jailed mafia boss, troubling numbers on Slovakia’s shrinking population — and fresh data on just how deep conspiracy thinking runs.
Benny Golson played here. This year, Jazz Prešov will have to scale back.
One of Slovakia’s longest-running music festivals lost its funding after the FPÚ board ignored expert advice — and gave money to unknown projects instead.
Bratislava built under 4 km of cycle paths last year, leaving cyclists disappointed
Fewer projects planned for this year than previous.
Rare footage brings Slovakia’s literary giant back to life
A film clip offers an extraordinary window into the final years of P. O. Hviezdoslav.
How Slovakia’s president funded his campaign behind a wall of secrecy
Peter Pellegrini claimed his campaign was above board. A new donor list tells a different story.
A deadly contagion has arrived in Slovakia: 30 years of stories from Slovakia
An overview of our most-read stories from Slovakia, as well as the people behind them.
A paper that wasn’t supposed to last
Does an English-language newspaper still have relevance in Slovakia?
- We are partners, friends and Allies
- News digest: 350 brown bears to be culled as Slovakia declares emergency
- A diplomat who thrives on building bridges…and making things happen
- Flats in Bratislava are getting smaller, otherwise no one would buy them
- Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits major Slovak cattle farm near Austrian and Czech borders Photo
- News digest: Bear suspected of killing man in central Slovakia
- From Mexico to Slovakia – finding a new life Audio
- Unique underground museum in Košice reopens, major renovation set for next year Photo
- A paper that wasn’t supposed to last
- Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits major Slovak cattle farm near Austrian and Czech borders Photo
- We are partners, friends and Allies
- From Mexico to Slovakia – finding a new life Audio
- Bratislava satellite town breaks records and keeps expanding
- News digest: Bear suspected of killing man in central Slovakia
- News digest: 350 brown bears to be culled as Slovakia declares emergency
- News digest: Police brutality detailed, but MPs refuse to listen
- Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits major Slovak cattle farm near Austrian and Czech borders Photo
- France and Slovakia: Believing, loving, and working together
- Last Week: As disease spreads, Fico no longer insists on a “different opinion”
- Trading McDonald’s for the front lines
- From Mexico to Slovakia – finding a new life Audio
- News digest: Bear suspected of killing man in central Slovakia
- A paper that wasn’t supposed to last
- Bratislava satellite town breaks records and keeps expanding
- Slovak dad drops everything for son’s NHL debut — even a flight
- Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits major Slovak cattle farm near Austrian and Czech borders Photo
- The Slovak-American who wants the world to witness the quality of Slovak wines
- France and Slovakia: Believing, loving, and working together
- Then … Now
- Dialects: can west understand east?
- Last Week: As disease spreads, Fico no longer insists on a “different opinion”
- Trading McDonald’s for the front lines
- What abides: Giving a shit
- Slovakia’s rising stars are changing what it means to lead
- A diplomat who thrives on building bridges…and making things happen
- Bratislava to get new flats as iconic building awaits reconstruction
- News digest: 350 brown bears to be culled as Slovakia declares emergency
- Unique underground museum in Košice reopens, major renovation set for next year Photo
- Culture minister, Betliar Museum employees blame each other for problems
- Slovakia’s Gorals gain recognition. Historians say it is a joke. Photo More articles ›
