Restaurants are only allowed to serve guests on outdoor terraces or offer takeaway.

Conditions for opening restaurant terraces specified

Hygienists also offered more specific conditions for mass events with more than six participants.

25. nov 2020
The number of job offers in gastronomy is low.

Employers are searching for more people than during the first pandemic wave

The current situation is not favourable for tourism, gastronomy and the hotel industry.

25. nov 2020

Tatra Ice Cathedral is open, inspiration taken from St Petersburg this year

The number of visitors, as well as time spent inside the dome, will be limited.

25. nov 2020
Dobroslav Trnka (left) and Jozef Čentéš (right), the candidate who was eventually selected by MPs in 2011, never got to take up the post because the then president, Ivan Gašparovič refused to appoint him for reasons that were never clearly explained.

Secret votes and public lies

There are uncanny echoes today of Slovakia’s agonies over its choice of chief prosecutor ten years ago.

25. nov 2020
Installation of Christmas tree in Trnava

News digest: Slovakia to spend three Advent weekends with testing. President wants it to be voluntary

Seven candidates for the general prosecutor post approved. Acting general prosecutor steps down.

24. nov 2020
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24. nov 2020

Tugboat in Bratislava probably crashed and then sank

The cause of the accident is not officially known yet.

24. nov 2020
Viera Kováčiková

Acting general prosecutor steps down after coming to work COVID-19 positive

Viera Kováčiková explained the decision as due to personal attacks.

24. nov 2020
Caritas Slovakia's ‘World Without “the Other” – Migration Myths’ campaign educates Slovaks on migration in a fun and artistic way.

How a Catholic charity became a voice for migrants in Slovakia

Religious organisations have added leverage in changing perceptions of foreigners and migrants, says Caritas Slovakia.

24. nov 2020
This 2020 electron microscopic image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S.
24. nov 2020
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UK nationals in Slovakia advised to take action as end of transition period nears

UK Nationals should check the British Embassy's "Living in Guide" for the most up-to-date information.

24. nov 2020

Three rounds of testing should take place before Christmas

The first round will be nationwide and should take place in two weeks.

24. nov 2020
Hiking in the High Tatras

Slovaks: Getting the most out of life (from our archive)

An unusual Spectacular Slovakia trip to Banská Štiavnica and to the High Tatras, some of the country's top tourist sites.

24. nov 2020
Richard Sulík presented his pandemic plan on November 23.

News digest: Sulík presents his pandemic plan, but PM Matovič remains critical

Rules for entering Spain change. Former police chief Gašpar remains in custody. State auctions the 5G network frequencies.

23. nov 2020
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Government should invite the public and take EU demands in consideration when preparing recovery plan

Non-governmental organisations have sent a letter with requests to the government.

23. nov 2020
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Most Slovaks reject milder penalties for marijuana

The most supportive are the voters of non-parliamentary Progressive Slovakia.

23. nov 2020
Free antigen testing

Using only antigen tests for mass testing was the right move, says American mathematician

The rounds of testing work like the layers of a filter, removing a large fraction of infected individuals in each round, says Daniel Larremore.

23. nov 2020

Government has learned little, hesitates to open school gates

Education is a question of rights. So is protesting against the government, but at what costs? Slovakia welcomes hefty investment that comes with a warning sign.

23. nov 2020
Stará Tržnica will hold four four-day Christmas markets this year.

Where to buy locally produced Christmas presents in Bratislava

The old market hall Stará Tržnica will host more than one hundred craft producers of food, design and more.

23. nov 2020
Nitra Castle
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The good old days: Zobor

Hike to the peak above one of the oldest towns in Slovakia that breathes history.

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