PM Eduard Heger

Government apologises for coercive sterilisation of women

Women who underwent the procedure usually did not know that the surgery was irreversible.

24. nov 2021

A day in the life of the Slovak internet

Our capacity for indignation – or compassion – seems exhausted just when we need it most.

24. nov 2021
Innovations in gastronomy bring new experience for customers.

Robots as waiters or online winetasting. Innovations slowly making their way to Slovak restaurants

Innovations in gastronomy address the lack of waiters, lack of respect of food intolerances as well as Covid-induced closure of wine shops.

24. nov 2021

2021: Largest law firms in Slovakia?

See the results in the main categories.

24. nov 2021
Singer Anthony Kiedis during the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert at the Rock in Rio music festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on October 3, 2019.
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Red Hot Chili Peppers to play Bratislava next summer

Tickets for their June 2022 concert are now on sale.

24. nov 2021
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Willingness to get vaccinated increases with higher salary, poll shows

Unqualified workers tend to be the least supportive of the Covid vaccine according to the poll.

24. nov 2021
Zuzana Dlugošová, chair of the Whistleblower Protection Office

Slovakia drops in international corruption index

Slovakia is the fifth-worst European Union country in terms of corruption.

24. nov 2021
The 2021 Slovak Film Week will be held at Cinema Lumiere on 4 Špitálska Street in Bratislava.
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Bratislava will celebrate Slovak films that premiered in 2020

People can vote for the best 2020 Slovak film productions by December 5.

23. nov 2021

News digest: Two-week lockdown planned, pending cabinet's approval

First four Slovak pilots finish their basic training for F-16 fighter jets in the US. Slovaks establish new companies despite pandemic.

23. nov 2021
Irena Brežná

Slovak writer receives prestigious PEN-award

She fled Slovakia after the Soviet invasion of August 21, 1968 and moved to Switzerland with her parents

23. nov 2021
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Three banks will offer instant payments next year

Money will be on the account of a receiver within seconds.

23. nov 2021

A singer was to pay her manager a fee, the court stopped it

In the intellectual property area, the largest law firms report several interesting transactions.

23. nov 2021
The ice cathedral can be found on Hrebienok.

Ice replica of famous Santiago de Compostela Cathedral can be found in the High Tatras

Currently, only those vaccinated against Covid or those who have recovered from the disease can see the cathedral made of ice.

23. nov 2021
Another lockdown in Slovakia is discussed.

UPDATED: Coalition agrees on lockdown, but details are not clear for now

The details should be presented on Wednesday, after the cabinet session.

23. nov 2021
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23. nov 2021
US opera singer Lawrence Brownlee during his 2012 concert in Bratislava.
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With high C's, US opera stars may blow the roof off Bratislava's Reduta

Opera singers Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres will perform in Bratislava in early December.

22. nov 2021

News digest: Stricter measures come into force as gov't talks about total lockdown

Coalition to discuss potential lockdown. Nearly half the respondents willing to get booster shot. Learn more in today's digest.

22. nov 2021
Hilda Múdra
22. nov 2021
PM Eduard Heger visited the hospital in Poprad on November 22.

Is “best in Covid” really the best Slovakia can do?

Another lockdown Christmas looms as hospitals fill up. Slovakia shows how a nation that succumbs to irrationality copes with the pandemic.

22. nov 2021
The new construction legislation will address illegal construction, too.

New construction law still awaits changes

The aim of the new construction legislation is to streamline and accelerate the issuance of building permits, but they also address illegal constructions, the construction of rental flats and other issues.

22. nov 2021
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