News digest: Slovakia improved in the corruption perceptions ranking

Slovakia's Security Council met over development in Ukraine. Matúš Vallo will run for re-election as Bratislava mayor.

25. jan 2022
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Slovakia improved its position in the corruption index

Slovakia is still under the EU average.

25. jan 2022
Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď (left) and Foreign Affairs Minister Ivan Korčok (right)

Ukraine situation extremely serious, gov't prepares for crisis but hopes for diplomatic solution

Defence minister says Slovakia is within the range of Russian military technology gathered at Ukrainian border.

25. jan 2022
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Slovak, Catholic, and ageing. But some of the 2021 census is a surprise (+graphs)

The data also revealed that almost 4 percent of inhabitants were not born in Slovakia.

25. jan 2022
Ivan Mikloš

Sulík's statements on Russian sanctions cost him an advisor

Ivan Mikloš announced his decision to step down in an opinion piece.

25. jan 2022
The Hulín hill outside the village of Brehy in central Slovakia.

On a loop trail outside Brehy, hikers become miners

A hike to Hulín in central Slovakia is not demanding. The traces of local mining history are part of the trail.

25. jan 2022
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Chip crisis still affecting Slovak carmakers

Most of them are working in standard operation, but the situation remains unstable.

25. jan 2022
Smer chair Robert Fico

Smer chair Fico attacks journalists again, calling them an organised crime group

He attacked mostly journalists revealing the corruption scandals related to his governments.

25. jan 2022

News digest: No plans to withdraw Slovak diplomats from Kyiv

Scenarios drafted for potential war between Russia and Ukraine. Home isolation shortened. Trains around Bratislava will be lacking again.

24. jan 2022
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Home isolation will be shorter

The decision was impacted by the Omicron variant.

24. jan 2022
The main railway station in Bratislava.

Train connections will continue to disappear

Most cancelled train connections between Bratislava and Trnava.

24. jan 2022
The Three Borders (Trojhraničie or Trojmedzie), a place where the countries of Slovakia, Hungary and Austria meet.

The Three Borders near Bratislava is accessible again, legally

Visitors will likely catch a glimpse of the largest flying bird in Europe wintering here.

24. jan 2022

Slovakia throws itself into the Omicron wave

A mixture of wishful thinking and ‘I’m-done-with-this’ attitudes could prove damaging.

24. jan 2022
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Slovak cinemas screen Nordic films this week

Scandi film festival brings an avalanche of Nordic films.

24. jan 2022
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Death rate of Roma population double that of the majority during second wave

This is despite the fact that marginalised Roma communities are in general younger than the majority.

24. jan 2022

Poll: Hlas slightly down, but still the most popular party

52 percent of respondents would like to see a snap election.

24. jan 2022
Vyšné Nemecké-Uzhhorod border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine.

War in Ukraine would change Slovakia, too

The country would brace itself to welcome people running across the eastern border.

24. jan 2022
Ukrainian forces during military exercise.

There goes the neighbourhood

The parallels between Russia’s approach to Ukraine and Hitler’s to Czechoslovakia in 1938 are uncanny.

23. jan 2022
The otter was hunted for its fur and to protect fish stocks in the past.
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After years of absence, river otter returns home

The river otter has returned to the Vydrica stream, which bears its Slovak name, in Bratislava.

22. jan 2022

News digest: Teenager sets world record in Slovak plane

Bratislava gets new nature reserve, Omicron becomes dominant variant in Slovakia.

21. jan 2022
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