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Historic train rode during the Night of Museums and Galleries
Railway enthusiasts offered tourists a ride on the historical train between Zvolen and Banská Bystrica in May 21.
Water castle in Hronsek waits for re-opening
Stanislav Rajnoha, a businessman from Banská Bystrica, needed 12 years of arranging, 14 years of work and about €5 million from his pocket to reconstruct the water castle in Hronsek.
Slovakia defeats Georgia
The Slovak national football team defeated Georgia with a result 3:1.
Father and son will play against each other
The Slovak national football team will play against Georgia on May 27, with Slovak player Vladimír Weiss Jr facing the squad led by his father.
Lido may return to Bratislava
While developers plan to build a new city centre with a park and beach, activists call for saving water-sport traditions.
Blog: Here is your scalpel, Miss
There are only three licenced female neurosurgeons currently in this country with a handful of others still in training.
Quote of the week
“I don’t want to have a few tens of thousands of Muslims in Slovakia gradually promoting their own agenda.”
Slovak drama movie screened in New York
Festival Panorama Europe in New York every year offers a selection of the most outstanding European movies of various genres, and this year it included the drama Čistič (The Cleaner) of Slovak director Peter Bebjak.
Tragic inspiration: What Slovakia lacks
Farewell tour of dying Canadian musician reminds us how few voices celebrate beauty and nobility of life in our own country.
Austrian answers
Voters have ceased to believe that who they voted for in past elections really mattered. People in Austria are united on this, and so are the voters in Slovakia that backed incoherent fringe parties in the March elections.
Hyperloop shows how a ride will look
However it is still unclear what the impacts on the human body will be.
Hlina officially announces candidacy for KDH chairman
Former MP Alojz Hlina (originally Ordinary People and Independent Personalities-OĽaNO, then independent) has officially announced his candidacy for the post of chairman of the extra-parliamentary Christian-Democratic Movement-KDH.
Siet' petition might make it to parliament after six months
A petition concerning the material responsibility of public officials and the exclusion of shell companies from public tenders initiated by governing coalition party Sieť/Network might finally be the subject of a parliamentary debate.
New construction act in focus
After his predecessor failed to push through a brand new construction act, Minister Brecely is taking over this task.
Unified digital market viewed as priority for Slovakia’s presidency and AmCham
Karl Cox, head of the AmCham to the EU sees an incomplete internal market as the biggest challenge that entrepreneurs and consumers currently face in the EU
Foreigners: Events around Slovakia
Tips for performances, exhibitions and other events in the Slovak regions between May 27 and June 5, including food festival, classical music, outdoor events, dance, opera and concert, exchange and more.
Candidate Lajčák
We will be watching with tension how Lajčák will deal with the refugee issue. At the UN level, it will also be time to deal with the mantra about solving problems in the countries of origin.
Lajčák may become a dark horse of the UN race
Slovakia’s foreign minister gets official nomination from government. His candidacy coincides with the country’s EU Council presidency.
Žiga: Completion of Mochovce plant to cost more than €4.6 bn
The completion of construction work on the third and fourth reactor blocks at Mochovce nuclear power plant (NPP) might be overpriced, Economy Minister Peter Žiga admitted.
Slovakia is circumventing weapon sale embargo for Egypt
Amnesty International in its recent annual report claims that half of EU members ignore the ban on sale of weapons to the Egyptian regime.
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