Ever Given

What the stuck Ever Given reminded us of

The global shipping industry acts first and deals with consequences later.

4. apr 2021

Registration for Covid-19 vaccination will be unavailable on Sunday night

NCZI has planned an outage for a few hours on Easter Sunday.

4. apr 2021
Michal Kišša

Firms' social responsibility activities targeted problems presented by Covid

More companies report on their social responsibility activities.

4. apr 2021
Learning Slovak is crucial for immigrants to Slovakia.
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Nerozumiem, can you repeat that?

In his podcast "Na Slovensku Aj Po Anglicky", Jeremy Hill speaks with 15 foreigners about their experiences learning Slovak.

3. apr 2021

The spark for wool production is coming back

The craft may once again become a source of money making.

3. apr 2021
First Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine to be administered in Slovakia.

Slovakia to receive hundreds of thousands more vaccines by June

Slovakia benefits from the new redistribution. We will remember it when others turn to us asking for solidarity, foreign affairs minister commented.

3. apr 2021
A family celebrates Easter in Košice.

News digest: Slovakia experiences second Easter in lockdown

For some Easter means just four days holiday, for others it is the biggest religious festival of the year.

2. apr 2021
The Mining Express train passes through a viaduct on the line between Hronská Dúbrava and Banská Štiavnica on July 11, 2020.
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Slovakia ranked among the best for sustainable travel

Easter with Bulgarian food and a Slovak orchestra on BBC Radio 3.

2. apr 2021
Zuzana Števulová

Slovakia cannot be a closed island of the vaccinated. We need to view vaccination globally

People should not fear their residence status will be an issue at the vaccination centre, human rights lawyer says.

1. apr 2021
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State controllers make decision on Sputnik V, the ministry remains silent

Promised supply of Russian vaccines for March has not arrived in Slovakia.

1. apr 2021
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1. apr 2021

News digest: Coalition gets second chance one day before Easter holidays

A calculator will provide an estimation of when it will be your turn for vaccination. Journey by train between Bratislava and Prague will take longer.

1. apr 2021
Blue Church (St Elizabeth's Church)

Memories of a meditative Easter in Bratislava

The deep silence of Christ’s death night made me want to forget history, writes former Fulbright scholar and author Andrew Giarelli.

Andrew Giarelli 1. apr 2021
Many restaurants struggle as they are affected by stringent measures.

Revenues receive a blow. Shops, restaurants and hotels report major gap

Foreign trade and industrial production still on a positive wave.

1. apr 2021
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Increasing number of people in Slovakia have encountered Covid

About 7 percent of respondents in the recent poll say they know a person who died of the virus.

1. apr 2021
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Parents and employees on sick leave will receive more from state

The amendment adopted by the parliament also specify conditions for receiving the Covid surcharge.

1. apr 2021
VFX artist and compositor Vladimír Valovič has worked on major films such as Star Trek Beyond, Justice League, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt 2 and the like.

Hong Kong protests inspired Slovak artist during his work on the film Justice League

Slovak visual effects artist Vladimír Valovič has worked on box-office hits such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Wars.

Jana Alexová 1. apr 2021
Igor Matovic

Matovič is the new finance minister. What is expected of him?

Finance is a powerful department in the government.

1. apr 2021
The Eduard Heger cabinet

Who will stay and who will be replaced in the new government?

Most of the ministers of the Igor Matovič cabinet will continue under Eduard Heger.

1. apr 2021
President Zuzana Čaputová appointed Eduard Heger the new prime minister on April 1.

President appointed the cabinet of Eduard Heger, called for empathy

The labour minister has yet to be appointed, Sme Rodina is reconsidering the nomination.

1. apr 2021
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