News digest: Slovakia to prepare for a reform autumn

First money from the recovery plan to arrive soon. Business centres hired people despite pandemic. Travel conditions to Czechia, Norway and the UK change.

4. oct 2021
PM Eduard Heger holds Slovakia's Recovery and Resilience Plan.

Slovakia ready to roll out its recovery reforms

The ministries of health, justice and education to receive first package amounting to more than €800 million.

4. oct 2021
It is possible the work models will not be the same as before the pandemic.

Minimum disruption and continual recruitment of staff. Business centres appear stable despite pandemic

Hybrid work model should apply in the future, as stems from the recent survey, but the legislation is still missing.

4. oct 2021
President Zuzana Čaputová delivers her second annual address to parliament on September 28, 2021.

President warns of hate, Fico erupts

Attempts to court dialogue with opposition leaders are spurned.

4. oct 2021

Labour Unions at DELL Slovakia ask for better working conditions

A proposal for a Collective Bargain Agreement with 30 measures has been submitted to the company's management.

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4. oct 2021
Named after Žilina priest and mayor Tomáš Ružička, the house was designed by architect Michal Maximilián Scheer in 1931. People from socially disadvantaged backgrounds lived here until 1990, when nuns moved in.

Archaeologists came to survey the chapel remains. They dug up a horse skeleton

Tombs and prehistoric items have also been found during an archaeological survey next to Ružička's House in Žilina.

4. oct 2021
Reuben Kiprop Kerio after crossing the finish line and winning the 2021 Košice marathon.

Runners from Kenya and Ethiopia dominate Košice marathon. Women broke records

The best Slovak marathon runners were Tibor Sahajda and Sylvia Sebestian.

4. oct 2021
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Yellow trains between Žilina, Bratislava and Prague are back

The private carrier RegioJet provides a direct connection between several towns and the Slovak and Czech capitals.

4. oct 2021
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Flat prices will keep increasing until supply catches up with demand

Expensive building materials are contributing to the rise in costs.

4. oct 2021
This undated image made available by NASA shows the asteroid Bennu from the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft.

Asteroid now bears Slovak dissident’s name, but he will never know

The late priest Anton Srholec is one Slovak honoured this way.

3. oct 2021
Metrans, a Slovak transport company, offers carbon-free transport.

Logistics getting greener

Developers of logistics real estate as well as transport companies implement innovations that make their operation more environmentally friendly.

3. oct 2021
Linden has been chosen to memorialise Covid victims in Slovakia.

Slovakia starts honouring Covid victims. Don’t expect plague columns

Slovak towns and regions have opted for linden trees.

2. oct 2021
The school in Trenčianske Stankovce.

Masks no longer compulsory for younger pupils

Hygienists still recommend them as a preventative measure against Covid and the flu.

1. oct 2021

News digest: Purgatory investigators are free, graduates are unhappy

New rules for masks at schools. White Night's last weekend in Bratislava. Oligarch charged with corruption still missing. The furniture set auction houses can only dream of may soon return to the iconic pharmacy.

1. oct 2021
Production of aluminium in Slovalco

Slovak aluminium producer cuts production, layoffs are not planned yet

If it shuts down, its ecologically produced aluminium could be replaced by imports from Asia.

1. oct 2021
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Detained officers from elite corruption investigation team released from custody

Court sees no reason for criminal prosecution of the corruption investigators.

1. oct 2021
On October 1, 2021, the Košice State Theatre presented the premiere of Gaetano Doinizetti's opera 'Robeto Devereux.'
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Your weekend reads, including bike trips and Bratislava news, rounded up in one place.

1. oct 2021
Graduates struggled with finding job also due to the pandemic.

Survey: Most schools in Slovakia fail to properly prepare their students for working life

Students complain about insufficient traineeship and education that teaches them foreign language and transferable skills.

1. oct 2021
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