News digest: What does Bratislava's newest hospital look like inside?

Journalists reject Igor Matovič's attacks on them. Foreigners can vote in local elections – and they should. Learn more in today's digest.

30. sep 2022
Inna Melnyk (third from left), and her colleagues V. Kyshkarova (Voznesensk, Mykolaiv region), O. Porodko (Lviv), N. Chechitko (Bucha, Kyiv Region), H. Yankovych (Uzhgorod), and O. Semeshko (Kherson).

A Ukrainian scientist in Slovakia is supporting Ukraine in its fight for freedom, and the planet

Inna Melnyk came to Slovakia in 2016, and is researching ways to tackle pollution.

30. sep 2022
The restored gilded statue of Archangel Michael can be viewed by the public in the courtyard of the Old Town Hall in Bratislava until October 2 when the sculpture will be placed on the top of the Michalská Veža tower again. The statue of Archangel Michael fighting the dragon was removed from the tower for its general reconstruction last year.

Weekend: How do you feel about your mother-in-law?

Asian Day will be held in Bratislava on Saturday. Tips for biking adventures in northern Slovakia.

30. sep 2022
Parliamentary Speaker Boris Kollár (left), President Zuzana Čaputová, and Prime Minister Eduard Heger (right).

Slovakia will not recognise the annexation of Ukraine's occupied territories

Ukraine's territorial integrity must not be questioned, Slovakia's top constitutional officials state.

30. sep 2022

Journalists reject Matovič's attacks

His accusations are baseless and dangerous.

30. sep 2022

News digest: Hospital doctors resign en masse

Matovič confidence vote delayed until next week. Cities cut back, tourist sites go dark as authorities look to save energy. Learn more in today's digest.

29. sep 2022
Igor Matovič speaks to MPs before the no confidence vote.

Matovič remains minister - at least until Tuesday

OĽaNO leader attacks president and journalists in speech to MPs.

29. sep 2022
Czech police officer controls a truck at the border with Slovakia in Stary Hrozenkov, Czech Republic.

New border checks not in line with EU law, claims minister

Slovak officials attack move by Czechs and Austrians.

29. sep 2022
Peter Visolajský, chairman of the Medical Trade Unions Association with notices of hospital doctors.

Warnings over hospital services as doctors resign en masse

Almost 2,000 quit with more expected to hand in notice soon.

29. sep 2022
Bratislava

Foreigners should get local vote out to change daily lives, says migration expert

Festival event highlights opportunity ahead of elections next month.

29. sep 2022
An apple tasted sweet, but not like an apple.

Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava

Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between September 29 and October 9, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions and highlights of the year.

29. sep 2022

Lumière Cinema won’t open until the end of this year resulting from a fire

Now searching for replacement spaces to screen movies.

Daniel Bernát 29. sep 2022
Illustrative photo, elections.

How to vote for your local councillors

Foreigners with permanent residence can vote.

29. sep 2022
Police checking drivers at the borders.

Austrian border checks resulted in delays on the roads

The Czech Republic checking incoming cars as well

29. sep 2022
Photo of Ukrainian high-school graduates by Michal Burza won the Current Affairs category as a single photo.

He took the best press photo of the year: we had no idea what terrible things had yet to happen

Photos from Ukraine as well as from Luník IX (Košice) awarded in the annual press photo competition. Winning photos on display in Bratislava's centre for another month.

Daniel Bernát 29. sep 2022

News digest: Austria and Czechia's temporary checks at Slovak border

PM Heger speaks with The Financial Times, President Čaputová ratifies NATO protocols for Finland and Sweden.

28. sep 2022
The NBS inflation forecast assumes that the prices of electricity, gas and heat for households will approximately double.

National bank expects a recession, but not a collapse in 2023

Inflation is expected to continue increasing unless more measures are taken, the bank's analysts say.

28. sep 2022
Jozef Biľ.

He spoke no English but worked his way up. Slovak worked for the world’s richest man

Jozef Biľ arrived in America wearing a traditional Slovak folk costume.

28. sep 2022
PM Eduard Heger

Heger warns soaring power costs could collapse economy

Slovakia wants changes to EU windfall tax plans.

28. sep 2022
Economy Minister Karel Hirman.
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