President Zuzana Čaputová met with the representatives of the State Institute for Drug Control on April 12.

Casting doubt on the quality of our scientific institutions is unacceptable, president says

President Zuzana Čaputová will ask for an agreement on the purchase of Sputnik V.

12. apr 2021
Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Péter Szijjártó (r) and Slovak Finance Minister Igor Matovič (l) talk during their meeting at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, April 9.

Trip to Budapest harmed Slovakia’s diplomatic service

Current and former diplomats comment on visit of Finance Minister Igor Matovič to Budapest concerning Sputnik V.

12. apr 2021
Finance Minister Igor Matovič (OĽaNO) between his trips to Moscow and Budapest.

Matovič demonstrates how to dismantle everything in two days

OĽaNO politicians seem to think they are applying the highest political virtue. Could they be more wrong?

12. apr 2021
How a new shelter will look like will be decided in architectonic competition.

Efforts to build new generation of tourist shelters spark enormous interest

However, trends in combination with social networks may be a double-edged sword, photographer of Slovak shelters opined.

12. apr 2021
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Schools will open for more pupils on April 19

At the same time, the schools will follow the regional alert system from April 26.

12. apr 2021
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In the nest of silence: Lednica Castle and Skalka

Discover a fairy-tale castle ruins and a mysterious monastery in Trenčín Region.

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Nitra wants to become the European Capital of Culture

The town plans to build a transportable sauna.

12. apr 2021
The first batch of Sputnik V vaccines arrived in Slovakia on March 1.

Finance Minister Matovič should apologise, head of the Institute of Virology claims

President Zuzana Čaputová plans to visit the testing institutions that checked the Russian vaccine.

12. apr 2021
Eduard Heger and Igor Matovič

The coalition crisis harmed the ruling party of Igor Matovič

Nearly all ruling parties fell in the recent Focus poll, apart from Sme Rodina.

12. apr 2021

Slovak is an easy language if you know how to learn it

The Slovak language is not as overwhelming and scary as I thought. At Slovak Friends language school, they convinced me of that.

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12. apr 2021
Sewing and distributing face masks was one of the most frequent volunteering activities during the first wave of the pandemic.

Volunteering persists in Slovakia, despite the challenges of pandemic

Volunteering still lacks the prestige it enjoys in more western countries.

12. apr 2021
Andrew Giarelli

If Bratislava had “talking statues”, they would gossip about Sputnik

Andrew Giarelli’s novel explores Rome’s centuries-long tradition of putting social commentary on statues.

11. apr 2021
PM Eduard Heger

Heger: The decision to make Matovič discuss Sputnik V was pragmatic

The prime minister also commented on the recent statements of an OĽaNO MP.

10. apr 2021
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Another age group can now register for vaccination

The Health Ministry opened the registration for people older than 45 years.

10. apr 2021
Igor Matovič

Russia’s vaccine diplomacy received a blow

Several foreign media have reported on the recent dispute over the Russian vaccine Sputnik V in Slovakia.

10. apr 2021
Marek Krajčí and Igor Matovič shaking hands in front of a cargo plane with Sputnik V supplies on March 1.

Sputnik V was checked by a lab after ex-minister Krajčí’s request

Both the ministry and the drug control authority were notified about the lacking registration but had no objections, said head of the Biomedical Research Centre.

10. apr 2021
Stanislav in the locomotive
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Hop on a virtual train from Bratislava to Žilina

The destination is reached in less than four minutes.

10. apr 2021
Bio waste comprises about 45 percent of waste bins.

People sort their waste more. But there is still much to improve

Startups use sophisticated technology to give accurate data about waste.

10. apr 2021
PM Igor Matovič talked about the purchase of 2 million Sputnik V vaccines in mid-February.

Matovič fell into a trap carefully staged by Russia

The former prime minister committed a diplomatic faux pas and disregarded the Slovak national interest, says foreign policy analyst Pavel Havlíček.

9. apr 2021
Ex-health minister Marek Krajčí (left) and ex-PM Igor Matovič (both OĽaNO) welcome the first Sputnik vaccine doses in Slovakia.

Chief hygienist and scientists back the Slovak medicines agency

General Prosecutor’s office has received a motion to investigate the controversy surrounding vaccines.

9. apr 2021
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