Urban households may pay more.

Do you get the 13th salary?

The data shows 44 percent of employees in Slovakia receiving a Christmas bonus or 13th salary.

20. dec 2018

Will Uber return to Slovakia?

New rules for taxi drivers come into force in April. Uber is analysing them.

20. dec 2018
New airlines could revive business at Slovak airports.

Czech airlines will stop flights between Prague and Bratislava

The flights between Bratislava and Košice will be scrapped too.

20. dec 2018
Agriculture Minister Gabriela Matečná

MEPs: The state and farmers should cooperate better

A delegation from Brussels also proposed an independent arbiter to be set up.

20. dec 2018
Marian Kočner

Controversial businessman Kočner influences investigation of his case from custody

He has sent out several instruction notes, allegedly addressing ex-PM Robert Fico as well.

20. dec 2018
The new bus station in Bratislava is under construction.

Economic boom drives investments in real estate

The arrival of Jaguar Land Rover is impacting the industrial as well as residential real estate market.

19. dec 2018

Tragedy, but not despair

February witnessed a dismal first for Slovakia, but the public did not lose hope in 2018.

19. dec 2018

Slovak high-schoolers will research recycling of human hair in Mars simulated mission

Students should have a proposed solution to gaining energy, food or protection from cosmic radiation.

19. dec 2018
Miroslav Šatan

Hockey player Šatan ends his career

One of the most successful Slovak ice hockey players also entered the Hall of Fame.

19. dec 2018
Bratislava’s Aupark shopping centre.

Slovaks spend the most before Christmas

People often spend money on things they do not actually need, observers say.

19. dec 2018
Bratislava airport

A private investor will rent Bratislava airport for 30 years

The Transport Ministry expects that the rental will improve the condition of the airport and its competitiveness.

19. dec 2018
Vancouver Island

A different kind of courage

A Slovak in the New World, an outdoorsman with scars to prove it, it was his first love that still made him weep.

19. dec 2018
Jaguar Land Rover plant in Nitra

Car industry alters Slovakia’s GDP estimate for next year

Slovakia should now concentrate more on public finances and structural reforms, the National Bank of Slovakia recommends.

18. dec 2018

IIHF: Sudden death to determine 2019 ice hockey world champion

A new overtime format will be used for the first time at the Ice Hockey World Championship in Slovakia.

18. dec 2018
A migrant receives medical assistance after being rescued.

Slovakia endorses the UN’s refugee pact

The country continues to reject the UN’s migration compact, however.

18. dec 2018
Christmas run 2017
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Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava

Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between December 20 and December 30, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions and highlights of the year.

18. dec 2018
Education Minister Martina Lubyová

Education Ministry fails to distribute €100 million for research this year

After last year's scandal over EU funding for R&D centres, the ministry may still end up paying millions to dubious firms.

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Tatra Banka will charge SMS notifications

On the other hand, clients can still use free email or so-called push notifications.

18. dec 2018
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Diamond scam revealed in Slovakia

The diamond had a false number and the case may not be isolated.

18. dec 2018
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