Home-schooling: There are still points to develop

Home-schooling has been legal in Slovakia for eight years, the announced school reform should bring more changes.

21. dec 2016

Did you write to Ježiško?

The postal address 999 99 Ježiško (Baby Jesus) worked also this year.

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Slovaks spend Christmas mostly at home

People would like to have a non-traditional Christmas, but often do not go anywhere.

21. dec 2016
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State to launch its own “Google maps”

The system should help drivers but some analysts consider it needless.

21. dec 2016
The Bonaparte residential house

Prosecution linked to the Bašternák case launched

The constructor of the Bonaparte residential complex faces suspicions of not paying taxes.

21. dec 2016
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Five companies will supply CT devices

The ministry plans to continue central purchases next year to reduce final prices.

21. dec 2016

Bratislava officially has 2,000 homeless, estimated number is more than double

For the first time in history, Bratislava counted the homeless people living on its streets. Volunteers sought to obtain statistical data, but also to find out how to help.

21. dec 2016

Survey: Smer fails to name source of extremism

Generally, Slovaks in the poorer regions of Slovakia refuse democracy.

21. dec 2016
Bratislava Airport

Airlines added 26 more flights to and from Bratislava during Christmas

Ryanair added the most - as many as 20 flights.

21. dec 2016
Peter Sagan, center, of Slovakia, raises his hands as he celebrates his win at the UCI Pro Tour cycling Grand Prix in Quebec City in September 2016.

Sagan wins in another poll

The successful Slovak cyclist outperforms his opponents.

20. dec 2016
Two women mourn beside candles in Berlin, Germany, the day after a truck ran into a crowded Christmas market nearby and killed several people.

Kiska: The attack in Germany was not an accident

He also sent his sympathies to the bereaved.

20. dec 2016
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President vetoes changes to the registration of churches

But the authors of the amendment reject the criticism.

20. dec 2016
The new ferry over the Danube River

Police close ferry investigation

The investigators have not found any machinations in the competition won by the company owned by shell firms.

20. dec 2016
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Unemployment rate falls below 9 percent

The government’s representatives mostly praise the active measures in the labour market.

20. dec 2016
Candles burn near the crime scene in Berlin, Germany.

Fico: The Berlin incident is an attack against European cultural identity

Slovakia has adopted several measures to protect Slovakia after the December 19 attack in Germany, keeping to the second level of terrorist threat.

20. dec 2016
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VšZP has introduced austerity measures

The insurer needs additional finances due to huge losses.

20. dec 2016
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ZSSK cancels tender on 25 electric multiple units

A new competition may be launched in January 2017.

20. dec 2016
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Slovakia will purchase another Airbus

Pilots do not fly often enough and lose important habits, expert says.

20. dec 2016
A man from Roma settlement Vrbnica shows his bruises allegedly caused by police.

A police officer charged in the Vrbnica case

But the investigator failed to accuse concrete police officers who reportedly beat the local Roma.

20. dec 2016
Miroslav Lajčák

Lajčák still failing to provide answers to key questions about Evka

MPs reviewing the case requested documents concerning how Evka was selected and who its competitors were. They were left disappointed.

20. dec 2016
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