The public service broadcaster, Radio and Television Slovakia (RTVS), will lose millions of euros on licensing fees following the change approved by MPs.

Pensioners will not need to pay licencing fees to RTVS anymore

The public broadcaster, RTVS, will need millions to fill the hole.

18. sep 2019
Eset chief operations officer Pavel Luka introducing the Eset campus project.

Eset wants a Silicon Valley in Bratislava

The IT security provider is now looking for architects for its new research and innovation campus.

18. sep 2019

Right of reply changes send wrong message on press freedom

How can a government that spends time looking for new ways to harass the press be trusted to secure accountability for the state’s failure to protect journalists?

18. sep 2019

Why are they passing a law for politicians instead of protecting journalists?

Right of reply was introduced out of the wrong motivation with wrong timing.

18. sep 2019
A visualisation of the Vydrica Project

The Vydrica project will transform Bratislava’s city centre near the castle

The area under the Bratislava Castle has been abandoned for decades.

18. sep 2019

First via ferrata in Liptov region has been opened

Various levels of difficulty suit beginners as well as experienced climbers.

18. sep 2019
The Foreigners' Police in Slovakia will check if non-Slovak nationals have been in 14-day self-quarantine before they are let in the office. The measure will be in place from March 13, 2020.

A new website helps foreigners return home

The website is available in four languages, including English and Russian.

18. sep 2019
The For a Decent Slovakia protests will be held around the country on September 20, including in the biggest cities like Bratislava and Košice

For a Decent Slovakia protest gatherings return

Several cities in Slovakia and abroad will hold events on September 20.

18. sep 2019

“Foreigners” born in Slovakia show their faces

Otherness can be smaller than we think, the photo project of Tomáš Halász and the Milan Šimečka Foundation shows.

18. sep 2019
Brose Prievidza will create 400 new jobs in the city of Prievidza. The firm has launched a new dual education centre as well

Brose will employ 400 people in Prievidza

The company has also opened a new dual education centre.

17. sep 2019
The parliament passes changes to the Press Code on September 17, 2019. Amendments were submitted by Smer MP Dušan Jarjabek (picture)

Right of reply returns to the Press Code amid criticism

Politicians can reply only if the information published about them is not true.

17. sep 2019
The regional court in Bratislava overturns the district court's previous decision in the Henry Acorda case on September 17. Acorda's murderer Juraj Hossu will spend nine years in prison

Court toughens sentence for Acorda's killer

Juraj Hossu initially received six years in prison this May.

17. sep 2019
White Night 2019 in Bratislava
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Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava

Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between September 20 and September 29, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions and highlights of the year.

17. sep 2019
The Apollo I building was closed in 2015 due to fear of collapse.

HB Reavis has begun to dismantle Bratislava’s Apollo Business Centre

The building was closed in 2015 due to fear of collapse.

17. sep 2019
Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (Smer).

PM Pellegrini survives no-confidence vote

The session was finally held after several unsuccessful attempts.

17. sep 2019
Robert Fico hands in the resignation of his government to President Andrej Kiska in March 2018.

Police no longer investigating alleged blackmailing of Kiska

The investigator does not regard it as a criminal act.

17. sep 2019
17. sep 2019
Matador Holding is a premium Slovak supplier of the automotive industry.

Auto parts supplier Matador joins battery production project

The project should bring in investments of €100 million and hundreds of jobs.

16. sep 2019
Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová visited Ukraine on September 16, meeting with her counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky

Čaputová in Ukraine: Every country can freely choose where it wants to belong

The Slovak president appreciated the reform efforts in the country.

16. sep 2019
Special Prosecutor Dušan Kováčik

Threema saga: Bödör allegedly served as a liaison between Kočner and the special prosecutor

Special Prosecutor Dušan Kováčik claims he has not seen Norbert Bödör for eight to 10 years. The communication from the Threema app suggests the opposite.

16. sep 2019
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