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What is affected by the minimum wage?

The payslip of low-income employees is not the only field depending on the final sum.

31. aug 2018
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Living statues crowd Spišská Nová Ves

Static art which is popular abroad is also gaining fans in Slovakia.

31. aug 2018
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Police publish list of missing people

The list also includes two journalists.

31. aug 2018
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People will require fewer papers when visiting state authorities

New law aimed to fight bureaucracy is expected to change the thinking of employees in state offices.

31. aug 2018

Victim of holy chastity to be beatified

About 30,000 people head to Košice.

31. aug 2018
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Slovakia widens competencies of Slovak soldiers in Bosnia and Herzegovina

The decision was adopted during the non-formal meeting of Defence Ministries.

31. aug 2018

Will Slovakia switch to returnable plastic bottles?

Inhabitants of Slovakia use an estimated one billion PET bottles per year.

30. aug 2018
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Slovakia is lacking hundreds of teachers

Many graduates leave pedagogical faculties with no interest in finding a job in the schooling system.

30. aug 2018
The SIAF 2017 air show at Sliač air base.
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Foreigners: Top 10 events around Slovakia in September

​​​​​​​The selection of events not to miss in various regions around Slovakia next month, including a goose festival, air show, night run, teamster competition, traditional miners’ parade, as well as a host of theatre, film, and music festivals.

30. aug 2018
Traffic limitations at Triblavina

Drivers face tailbacks, again - D1 will be rebuilt near Bratislava

The work on Triblavina highway junction has been renewed.

30. aug 2018

First Višňové tunnel's tube drilled

But the deadline for the completion of the entire highway section is expected to be postponed.

30. aug 2018

Kiska: SNP should not be celebrated only once a year

Thousands of people came to Banská Bystrica to remember the message of the Slovak National Uprising.

30. aug 2018
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Blog: Bratislava is great if you give it a chance

Ecuadorian Diego Loyola has lived in Slovakia since 2010. He talks about his Slovak experience in this podcast interview.

Emanuele Terenzani 30. aug 2018
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Košice Pride Week to culminate with Rainbow March across the city

The sixth year of this LGBTI festival in eastern Slovakia includes many events, culminating in a traditional march on Saturday.

29. aug 2018
The complex of the Slovak "Night Wolves" in Dolná Krupá
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Slovak “night wolf” Hambálek got a hefty fine

Police did not find any wrongdoing in the biker’s activities but the Economy Ministry imposed a huge fine on him.

29. aug 2018

Church in Žehra is a world cultural site

It originated in the second half of the 13th century.

29. aug 2018
Passengers disembark from the Diciotti ship in Sicily.

Slovakia did not even consider extending a helping hand to Italians

There would be no better way to commemorate the historical legacy of the 1968 occupation and the solidarity that refugees from Czechoslovakia received in other countries then.

29. aug 2018
Ján Lakatoš

Young Roma beats the odds and is heading for a master’s degree

Ján Lakatoš is one of the first graduates of the program for Roma willing to study economics.

29. aug 2018
Incidental street “small talk” tends to take Slovaks aback.

Are Slovaks too Nordic to chat?

It’s not just foreigners that struggle to connect.

29. aug 2018
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The anti-shell law gets a face lift

While the Justice Ministry claims it is only ironing out the bugs, some critics fear the law will lose its teeth.

29. aug 2018
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