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More job cuts at steelmaker in Košice
New collective agreement signed.
Roma students still segregated
State authorities have taken little action to eliminate discrimination.
Slovak team beats Canada in Fed Cup
Slovak female tennis players are still among the best 16 teams in the Fed Cup when they won in a playoff match over Canada 3:2 at the weekend of April 16-17.
Fico to stay in hospital until end of week
Prime Minister Robert Fico will stay hospitalised in the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NÚSCH) until the end of this week.
Madeleine Albright received Transatlantic Award at GLOBSEC
Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright received the Czech and Slovak Transatlantic Award at the GLOBSEC 2016 international security forum in Bratislava on April 16.
Slovak lawyer Čaputová received Goldman Environmental Foundation award
One Slovak is among the six recipients of the 2016 Goldman Environmental Prize, the world’s largest award for grassroots environmental activists.
VšZP terminated agreement with Klinika Kostka
The state-run health insurer Všeobecná Zdravotná Poisťovňa (VšZP) terminated its much-disputed contract with Klinika Kostka after the Health Care Surveillance Authority (ÚDZS) revealed several flaws in it.
Mikulčice-Kopčany region strives for UNESCO inscription
The cross-border cooperation between Slovakia and the Czech Republic concerning the unique historical region Mikulčice-Kopčany should result in a unique archeo-park and also in an inscription on UNESCO cultural heritage site.
Slovakia takes its turn at the top
Slovakia’s presidency is Brussels-based, which means that most of the planned meetings, discussions and other events will take place in Brussels.
EU presidency is right around the corner
Migration, fight against terrorism, energy union top Slovakia’s agenda.
Albright: Europe now part of the solution
Highlights from Globsec 2016: Day 2
Security will not exist without stability
Highlights from Globsec 2016: Day 1 (April 15)
We cannot act as if the history has ended
President Andrej Kiska's speech at this year's Globsec Bratislava Global Security Forum. (April 15)
Konchalovsky shoots film on Dubček
ICONIC Slovak politician Alexander Dubček is at the heart of a feature film to be made, directed by Russian Andrei Konchalovsky.
A licence to print money
Among the stranger aspects of life in Slovakia – along with the whipping of womenfolk at Easter, the ubiquity of notaries, and those curious outbreaks of civility that one encounters only upon entering and leaving elevators – is the food voucher. The idiosyncrasies of this ersatz currency speak volumes about Slovakia itself.
Just a bike ride away
The Dutch EU Council presidency is an opportunity to show Europeans the bicycle as a healthy and sustainable means of transportation with a place of its own in urban mobility.
Bears in High Tatras get cheeky
Bears have long been present in the Slovak mountains and have been known to be geting ever more bold but at the beginning of April they caused a state of emergency in the High Tatras.
Quote of the week
“It should have contained fewer empty phrases and declarations like ‘we want world peace’.”
Penta bought media through a man from Panama Papers
Mossack Fonseca lawyers cooperate with the Dutch company V3 Media Holdings through which Penta controls the News & Media Holding publishing house
Panama Papers scandal reaches Slovakia
So-far investigations of documents leaked from the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca have uncovered dozens of names and companies in Slovakia with ties to the law firm.
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