Bratislava Castle

People will be able to watch the parliament online

The Slovak parliament and the Bratislava Castle has made it among places known throughout the world which can be viewed on the internet.

23. mar 2016

Opposition slams aid for Mondi SCP

MPs for SaS and OĽaNO-NOVA, criticised the aid provided shortly after elections, but the Economy Ministry says it informed both the prime minister and the finance minister.

23. mar 2016

Sereď commemorated Holocaust victims

Participants of the commemorative event also held a moment of silence for victims of the Brussels attacks.

23. mar 2016
Illustrative stock photo

Interior Ministry declares higher terrorist threat

Slovakia increases the degree of terrorist threat for the first time.

23. mar 2016
MP Ondrej Dostál swears the oath wearing the Star of David.
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New parliament inaugurated

All newly elected MPs have sworn an oath for the next term, they also held a minute of silence for the victims of Brussels attacks

23. mar 2016
Obchodná Street, Bratislava

Walks to lecture on racism, fascism past and present

The series of art interventions called A Walk: Art Talking about Fascism of the Past and Racism of the Present strived to combine various activities focused on the wartime Slovak State, neo-Nazism and (anti-)racism impacting the current wave of hate towards migrants.

23. mar 2016
Jozef Metelka

Handicapped cyclist improves his own world record

Slovak representative Jozef Metelka won his third gold in C4 individual pursuit at the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Montichiari, Italy.

23. mar 2016

Foreigners at work

What does a company need to do when employing a foreign national?

23. mar 2016

State neglects financial education of public

The analysis carried out by INEKO think tank shows that the financial literacy of Slovaks is low.

23. mar 2016
President Andrej Kiska in Peugeot.

Peugeot showed new model to the president

President Andrej Kiska was among the first people to see the new model, of which production starts in the end of the year.

23. mar 2016
Flags in front of the Presidential Palace fly at half-mast.

No Slovaks among victims in Brussels

Flags in front of the Presidential Palace will fly at half-mast to pay tribute to the victims of the Brussels bomb attacks.

23. mar 2016
l-r: Radoslav Procházka, Andrej Danko, Robert Fico and Béla Bugár

New government officially set up

Chairs of Smer, SNS, Most-Híd and Sieť will officially form a new government on March 23.

23. mar 2016

New government ignores Roma and refugees

Refugees were a top issue in pre-election debates, but the new government did not write a single word about them in its programme priorities.

22. mar 2016
Marian Kotleba

Kotleba-stopped play to be performed across Slovakia

Several theatres will allow amateur actors to play their Kováči (Blacksmiths) performance, which was stopped by Banská Bystrica Region’s Governor Marian Kotleba.

22. mar 2016
Moldava nad Bodvou, Roma settlement

Police raid in Moldava alright, prosecutor says

The regional prosecutor’s office in Prešov has dismissed a complaint concerning the police inspectorate’s probe into a raid in Moldava nad Bodvou.

22. mar 2016
Hedviga Malinová-Žáková

Hungarian courts to deal with the Malinová case

The case of Hedviga Malinová ends in Slovakia after 10 years, and will move to Hungarian courts.

22. mar 2016

Fico: Slovakia may reconsider its threat level

Slovakia sends its condolences to Belgium; the Foreign Affairs Ministry does not recommend travelling to Brussels.

22. mar 2016
Gabriela Matečná

Agriculture Minister: Gabriela Matečná (SNS nominee)

Gabriela Matečná will come to the top post in the agriculture department from the Slovak Property Fund (SPF), where she was nominated by Smer in 2012.

22. mar 2016
Peter Plavčan

Education Minister: Peter Plavčan (SNS nominee)

Peter Plavčan has served as the general director of the ministry’s section for universities. In 2011 Transparency International Slovensko reported about his alleged involvement in a scandal surrounding the embezzlement of money from student loan funds.

22. mar 2016
Defence Minister Peter Gajdoš

Defence Minister: Peter Gajdoš (SNS nominee)

General Peter Gajdoš was born on April 9, 1959 in Nitra. He has been in the army since the 1970s, and graduated from military academies in Vyškov (1982), Moscow (1990), and also from the Royal Military Academy in London (2002).

22. mar 2016
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