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Celebrations held for public-service broadcaster
2016 brings celebrations of two significant anniversaries for the public-service broadcaster.
Glossary: Watchers expect media freedom to drop
Spectator College provides readers of The Slovak Spectator who are trying to improve their English with glossaries of useful and frequently used words and expressions from stories published as part of the Spectator College as well as in the rest of the newspaper.
Topic: Mass Media (Exercise)
In exercise for this topic we focus on skill: Communication
Walking across Slovakia: Day 35
No tents, no sleeping rough, two teenagers and two adults, 900km, 4 rucksacks and some maps, a lot of maps: this is going to be fun.
Slovak movie wins award in Bulgaria
Award from Bulgarian movie festival goes to Slovakia.
Europe is revolting, again
With much of Europe in a funk, Austrian voters’ choice of a civilized candidate for president on December 4 gives some grounds for hope, at the end of what has been a wretched year.
Foreigners: Events in Slovakia
Tips for performances and other events in the Slovak regions between December 16 and 30, including a lot of Christmas concerts, a winter fairy tale at a castle, modern dance and an attempt at the mass ice-skating record.
Blog: Exploring socialist housing estates
Petržalka, one of the largest prefabricated housing estate areas in Central Europe, became a legend.
Memorial for Pavol Demitra
Legendary Slovak hockey player Pavol Demitra has his own memorial in Trenčín. In the shape of a hockey stick, it is located in front of the ice rink named after him.
Cultural events wind up the Slovak presidency
Slovakia's presidency over the Council of the European Union in the second half of 2016, has brought with it a host of political, economic, security and cultural events, offering more international prominence to the country.
Quote of the week
“If Bašternák did what people say he did, let him rot in jail.”
Bratislava unveils altered second phase of Petržalka tram line
New variant of the project already works with some comments from the public.
Farmers will pay new fee for irrigation water as of 2017
The fee will be one tenth of that originally proposed by the Environment Ministry.
President Kiska did not sign new rules of procedure
In spite of this the new rules became valid as MPs overrode president’s veto.
Extremists score with young people
Of those surveyed 45 percent follow the news regularly and 51 percent do so occasionally.
Slovaks? Actually, say foreigners, they’re not so bad
Guide to foreigners' experiences should help newcomers settle.
Deflation slowed down in November
Consumer prices may rise again in early 2017.
Quarter of Slovaks would welcome dictatorship
The recent survey suggests frustration with democracy.
Court: President did not violate judges’ rights when retiring them
President Andrej Kiska wants to exert pressure on the Slovak judiciary system to make judges over 65 retire.
New plant to be built in Vígľaš for €2 million
The industrial park in Vígľaš to get a new investment, a new plant making plastic products.
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- UK appoints Bilal Zahid as new ambassador to Slovakia
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- News digest: Prosecutor seeks jail for NBS Governor Kažimír as his political support wanes
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- Convicted of multiple murders, Slovakia’s mafia boss seeks release from prison
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- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
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- Digital Jarvis is real now. He is coming for your to-do list
- The disinformation scene has become a tool of media capture
- Paris leads, Bratislava trails: European cities ranked on safe travel for children
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- A mayor resigns over €2.7 million fraud scandal at town hall
- He designed Gatwick. But this is his masterpiece
- Fico praises China and Vietnam as models, says liberal democracy has failed
- News digest: Violent gang in Bratislava is under arrest
- The Kremlin’s security agency has a Russian contractor in Slovakia - no one has noticed
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- News digest: Fico’s bloc wants to save money by restricting electoral access
- Slovakia plans to restrict access to new medicines amid funding shortfall
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