Martin Glváč is leaving parliament.

Deputy Speaker of Parliament resigns

In turn, he asked Béla Bugár to resign as well.

7. nov 2019
Gabriela Galambošová

Slovak ramp inspector: We can ground a plane if deficiencies aren’t removed

Securing the safety of air traffic makes for a fulfilling job, said Gabriela Galambošová, a Slovak hero from the EU Protects campaign.

7. nov 2019
Special Prosecutor Daniel Lipšic

Lipšic: The claim that Tóth meddled with Threema is pure speculation

The indirect evidence is enough for other murders too, said the lawyer representing the family of murdered Ján Kuciak.

7. nov 2019
Pharmacy, illustrative stock photo

Slovaks consume fewer antibiotics, but resistance is rising

Doctors in districts with high antibiotics consumption should think again about whether they are really necessary.

7. nov 2019
UniCredit Bank

UniCredit Bank faces strike

Trade unions want the salaries of employees to be increased.

7. nov 2019
Ivan Cvik at the court.

A mysterious witness confirms the existence of 5th promissory note

If the testimony turns out to be true, it may cast doubt on the defence.

7. nov 2019
Exhibition in Bratislava

More than 100 events will commemorate the Velvet Revolution

Project creators renamed revolution as evolution.

7. nov 2019
Slovak presenter Vera Wisterová and her US-Israeli husband Jeremy Hulsh at their wedding in 2010

The child abduction case shows why the Hague Convention matters

Well-known Slovak presenter Vera Wisterová’s husband kidnapped their sons to the USA.

7. nov 2019
The opening of the Studia Academica Slovaca (SAS) summer school on August 6, 2018, in the Assembly Hall of Comenius University in Bratislava
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Your guide to learning Slovak

Expat Ali recommends Slovak-language courses in Bratislava.

7. nov 2019
One of the 1989 Velvet Revolution protest gatherings in Bratislava.

Slovakia has found the cure for the first populist power grab

When the people experience that they can win over anti-democratic forces on their own without help from outside, then it fortifies their immune reactions.

7. nov 2019
President Zuzana Čaputová vetoed an amendment on the 50-day moratorium on polls on November 6, 2019

Čaputová vetoed a 50-day moratorium on polls

If MPs override her veto, she will turn to the Constitutional Court.

6. nov 2019
Slovakia remains in the club of the EU countries with one of the lowest government debts. Slovakia's debt was at 49.4 percent of GDP in 2018

Slovakia’s government debt well below the EU average

However, Slovakia’s government deficit slightly worsened in 2018.

6. nov 2019
A photo portrays the atmosphere during the Velvet Revolution on November 17, 1989

Slovaks more critical of the post-1989 world than Czechs

A third of Slovaks question the Velvet Revolution, a survey shows.

6. nov 2019
Andrej Danko

Election campaign is on, times are tough

Particularly for a former general prosecutor.

6. nov 2019
The Finance Ministry is ready to talk about more funding with Education Minister Martina Lubyová (in the picture) to cover Slovakia's membership fees for international research organisations

Education and Finance Ministries to discuss CERN fees

Slovakia must pay for its membership in several research institutions.

6. nov 2019
Gynaecologist Jozef Záhumenský sits in with Sme daily presenter Zuzana Hanzelová, on October 31, to talk about the Slovak National Party's measures to dissuade women from abortion

Pro-life group demands hospital fires a gynecologist

Záhumenský gave his expert statement on an abortion-related law proposed by SNS MPs, provoking two opposing petitions.

6. nov 2019
Smer chair Robert Fico's plan to increase a bank levy has been approved by the government on November 6, 2019

Bank levy may double

Smer wants one third of bank's profit.

6. nov 2019
Oligarch Milan Fiľo testifies in court in the promissory notes case on November 5, 2019

Tycoon Milan Fiľo did not know about the promissory notes

The promissory notes case involving Marian Kočner and ex-TV Markíza owner Pavol Rusko continued on November 5.

5. nov 2019
The Slovak flying car, designed by the Klein Vision firm, impresses Chinese investors at the 2019 China International Import Expo in Shanghai

Chinese investors enthused about the Slovak flying car

The mass production of the car may start in three years.

5. nov 2019
The Netherlands, Canada and Slovakia mark the Media Freedom Coalition’s third anniversary.

Slovak media are critical of extended moratorium on polls

The longer ban gives way to the spreading of misinformation, they claim.

5. nov 2019
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