NBS building in Bratislava
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The central bank’s building will be decorated with light hashtags

The bank wants to show its respect and understanding to people who need to be at work or those who have been infected.

20. mar 2020
SNP Square in Bratislava in March 2018 versus now (March 2020).
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Bratislava's SNP Square was packed in 2018. Today, it's a desert

Responsibility drew masses to the squares two years ago, now it dictates people should not gather.

20. mar 2020
Left to right: Andrej Danko (SNS), Robert Fico (Smer), Béla Bugár (Most-Híd)
20. mar 2020

Roundup: Why people need "šnuptychel"

Read a roundup of travel and culture stories for March 16-22, 2020.

20. mar 2020
Plane delivers medical supplies from China.

Slovakia receives medical supplies from China (news digest)

All four carmakers suspend production, and the outgoing government held its last session on March 19.

20. mar 2020

How to disinfect your mask

Some useful tips on what to do with a single-use or home-made mask.

19. mar 2020

Let’s applaud our medical staff, fire brigade, police officers and shop assistants

The Potlesk pre Zdravotníkov a Hasičov initiative has organised a nation-wide event.

19. mar 2020
Volkswagen Slovakia has already interrupted production.

Carmakers halting production is only a minor problem, given the circumstances

Extent of damage will depend on how long restrictions last. Some companies might benefit from the crisis.

19. mar 2020
Ivan Korčok

New minister will fly in from Washington

SaS put forward a top professional diplomat. Ivan Korčok is a safe pair of hands, analysts say.

19. mar 2020
Parking space in Štefanová, northern Slovakia, from where an educational path to Malý Rozsutec and Veľký Rozsutec, peaks in the Malá Fatra mountain range, begins.
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Čadca-based internationals climbed Veľký Rozsutec peak

The peak was one of Suna’s and Sebastian’s first hikes in Slovakia.

19. mar 2020
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Good news from Slovakia: Scientists isolated first Slovak coronavirus strains

They use the samples from the first coronavirus patients identified in the country.

19. mar 2020
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Eset creates a fund to support coronavirus diagnoses

The security software developer has allocated €300,000.

19. mar 2020

Žilina-based Kia halts production

The suspension will last two weeks.

19. mar 2020
The representatives of the future coalition parties (l-r): Boris Kollár of Sme Rodina, Igor Matovič of OĽaNO, Veronika Remišová of Za Ľudí and Richard Sulík of SaS

Who will sit in Slovakia's next government?

President Zuzana Čaputová has already accepted all the nominations, and will appoint the new cabinet on March 21.

19. mar 2020
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19. mar 2020
Martin Smatana heads the Institute of Health Policies (IZP) at the Health Ministry in Bratislava.

Data from mobile carriers to soon unearth Slovakia's COVID-19 hot zones

State analysts will receive data no later than early next week.

19. mar 2020
The fenced part of the wild parking lot on Tyršovo Nábrežie

Cars will be cast away from the Tyršovo embankment

Part of the wild car park is already fenced.

19. mar 2020
Slovak National  Theatre – Historical building

The cradle of Slovakia's theatre in Bratislava

Historical building of the Slovak National Theatre was designed by famous duo of architects.

19. mar 2020
18. mar 2020
Rádio_FM presenter Martin Staňo hosts Radio_Head Awards 2019 in an empty concert hall of the Slovak Radio building in Bratislava on March 18, 2020.
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Radio_Head Awards 2019: No music, no audience and a masked host

Fans witnessed the most bizarre music awards in its entire history.

18. mar 2020
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