Boris Kollár of Sme Rodina

A record economic drop predicted for the Slovak economy (news digest)

A leading IT school is falling apart and a ruling coalition party has a plagiarism problem. News from Slovakia on June 23.

23. jun 2020
Speaker of Parliament Boris Kollár holds a press briefing on June 23, 2020, in Bratislava, explaining his plagiarism.

Boris Kollár faces plagiarism allegations just like his predecessor

Kollár's colleague and Sme Rodina MP Petra Krištúfková also allegedly plagiarised her undergraduate thesis.

23. jun 2020
FIIT STU students and employees go on strike on Feb 18, 2020, in Bratislava.

Academic staff to leave FIIT STU over its dean’s actions

Conflicts at the leading IT faculty in Bratislava started a year ago.

23. jun 2020
Finance Minister Eduard Heger and his colleagues of the Institute for Financial Policy present Slovakia's latest macroeconomic forest on June 23, 2020.

Experts warn of deeper recession if COVID-19 cases spike

Slovak economy is projected to fall by nearly 10 percent in 2020.

23. jun 2020
Petržalka adds more places to the list of where drinking in public is prohibited.

Bratislava’s Petržalka is tighting up on drinking in public

Those caught red-handed could be fined up to €33.

23. jun 2020

Slovaks would be willing to give up freedoms for financial prosperity

Those who believe hoaxes tend to favour strong leaders.

23. jun 2020
People sit in the sun on a lawn of the Jardin du Luxembourg park in Paris.

Team Europe rebuilds better together

We cannot return to the pre-COVID world as it was.

23. jun 2020

Bohemia boat at Domaša, summer season begins

Bohemia plans five educative cruises a day. Travellers may learn the history of the water dam and water travel in Domaša during the cruise.

23. jun 2020

Almost one in three university students lost job due to coronavirus

Statistics vary for different regions, students in Bratislava among the worst off.

23. jun 2020

Bratislava becomes home of European Labour Authority

ELA is meant to make Europe’s labour market fairer and enable citizen mobility.

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Coronavirus in Slovakia: Testing is targeted, imported infection reckoned with

Numbers of COVID-19 tests have dramatically decreased after Slovakia opened up.

23. jun 2020
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Presidential treatment (from our archives)

The manor house where all the most important Czechoslovak figures stayed.

23. jun 2020
First passengers from Vienna arrived in Košice on June 22, 2020.

Flights between Košice and Vienna restored (news digest)

Controversial bank levy will change, unemployment keeps growing. Read your overview of news from June 22, 2020.

22. jun 2020
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Jobless rate keeps growing

It will probably not return to the level of 2019’s end earlier than four to five years.

22. jun 2020
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Controversial bank levy will change. Banks sign deal with the state

The funds are expected to be used for the economic recovery.

22. jun 2020
Sme Rodina MP Petra Krištúfková and the leader of the party, Boris Kollár.

The story of the short-lived proxy and more "values" brought up

Sunday saw shops open again and a Sme Rodina MP leave her plenipotentiary post after just a few days. Fico let slip an unintended confession.

22. jun 2020

Historic walls and well were discovered in Zvolen

They found the bases of the cemetery wall, which disappeared in 1811, near a road that divides the park from the church.

22. jun 2020
Bratislava's flooded Gagarinova Street.

Slovakia struggled with floods during the weekend

The SHMÚ has issued warnings for June 22.

22. jun 2020
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Auction for 5G network postponed

Neither the reasons nor the new date have been specified.

22. jun 2020
Petra Krištúfková and Boris Kollár at June 21 press conference.
22. jun 2020
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