Publisher Virginie Symaniec, left, from French publishing house Le ver à soie, which published book Café Hyena by Jana Beňová, middle, talking with LIC director Miroslava Vallová, right, at the book fair in Paris last year.

Books bring Bratislava to Paris

The Slovak capital will be the city of honour at the prominent book fair in Paris.

8. mar 2019
Zuberec open air museum is like Williamstown, but hundreds of years older.
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Spectacular Slovakia #25: When drinking with locals in Orava, don’t try to keep up

Dave Rubin recommends visiting the northernmost region of Slovakia.

8. mar 2019
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Slovak women are more disadvantaged in Slovakia than in other EU countries

Slovakia is also the only European country where the inequality has deepened.

8. mar 2019
Russian Embassy in Bratislava

The Foreign Affairs Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador

The invitation came after the Russian Embassy published an open letter concerning an op-ed written by the Defence Ministry’s state secretary.

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Tibor Gašpar
8. mar 2019
Richard Dzurek

Help us find a missing boy

16-year-old Richard Dzurek disappeared on the evening of March 3.

8. mar 2019
Maroš Šefčovič

Smer is leading a proxy campaign

But Čaputová is not Kiska.

7. mar 2019
Presidential Palace

European Commissioner and Supreme Court judge. Who is who in the upcoming presidential election?

Thirteen candidates court the favour of voters, but only three are believed to have a chance.

7. mar 2019
Bratislava

Bratislava is not better off than Vienna even though statistics indicate this

Due to misleading statistics, the Bratislava region cannot draw EU funds in full

7. mar 2019
Marci Shore

We Americans have to take responsibility, we can’t just blame Russian trolls for planting fake news

We should be teaching everyone not only the empirical facts of history, but also how to read and write and think critically, says historian Marci Shore.

7. mar 2019
Bratislava Castle
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Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava

Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between March 8 and March 17, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions and highlights of the year.

7. mar 2019
By cable car to Belianske Tatras.

Lost in Belianske Tatras? Information centre will help

Near the spot are castles, cave, hiking and cycling routes.

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Producer of chips will receive a financial aid

US company Tachyum wants to develop a new processor in Slovakia.

7. mar 2019

The turnout in presidential elections may be high

The Focus pollster calculated that up to 60 percent of voters may show up.

7. mar 2019
Mascot of 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Slovakia, bear Macejko.

Police detained people for faking ice hockey world championship tickets

They recommend that people be careful and purchase tickets from authorised sellers.

7. mar 2019
Parking is problematic in several boroughs of Bratislava

Bratislava will be waiting for a new parking policy until at least 2020

New mayor Vallo does not want each borough to create their own parking regulations.

7. mar 2019
Former secret agent and journalist Peter Tóth

P. Tóth: I did not monitor journalists. I paparazzied them

Former agent Peter Tóth posted a video in which he contradicts his previous testimony which he gave to the police as a secret witness.

7. mar 2019
Discussion about the rule of law

Slovak and Czech students in London urge their peers to care about issues in their homelands

Interesting job offers and opportunities to make an impact at home matter for Czech and Slovak student expats.

7. mar 2019
Czech PM Andrej Babiš at GLOBSEC 2018

Three Slovaks listed among the world's billionaires

Andrej Babiš, who serves as the Czech PM, placed 617th. Ivan Chrenko is 1,425th and Jaroslav Haščák is 2,057th.

7. mar 2019
Višňové tunnel
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The current constructor of the Višňové tunnel will not complete it

The Italian-Slovak consortium will have to leave the construction site, the government agreed.

7. mar 2019
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