Light show at one of Slovakia's most beautiful waterfalls

Visitors flock to central Slovak village for colourful display.

Ľubica Stančíková 16. nov 2022
Slovnaft Refinery, Illustrative photo.

Oil flows to Slovakia cut after Russian strikes on Ukraine

Hit to transformer stops Druzhba pumps.

16. nov 2022
Wolt Market operates two dark stores in Bratislava and one in Košice.

Delivery within 15 minutes not effective, q-commerce expert says

Four big players compete in the quick commerce sector in Slovakia.

15. nov 2022

News digest: Slovakia's Silicon Valley is in Košice

The latest GDP flash estimate published, Equal Pay Day, and help for municipalities to get through the energy crisis announced.

15. nov 2022
The drilling of the Čebrať tunnel in the Liptov region was completed on November 15, 2022.
15. nov 2022

Pessimism takes over German firms operating in Slovakia

Slovakia heading towards mild recession, analyst says.

15. nov 2022
Gautam Rana.

US ambassador's first visit to Košice

Gautam Rana thanked the city for helping Ukrainians.

15. nov 2022
Slovak parliament

Poll: SaS losing support, Progressive Slovakia on the rise

The Hungarian minority party would also be in parliament.

15. nov 2022
Peter Janoviček, left and Juraj Šedivý launching teh book We Are Old Pressburgers.

Historical photo shows splitting of family so that at least someone survives WWII

Descendants of old Bratislava families share family photos and memories.

15. nov 2022

News digest: Doctors ready for a mass protest this week

Checks at the border with the Czech Republic likely to continue beyond December 13. Police detain a stalker who harassed VIPs in Bratislava. Remembering the best Slovak RAF pilot.

14. nov 2022
Policeman during border check.

Border checks continue, Czechs insist they are necessary

The Slovak authorities insist that introducing checks at the Hungarian border would violate the Schengen Code.

14. nov 2022
Peter Visolajský, the Medical Trade Unions Association (LOZ) chair.

Doctors to protest in Bratislava this Thursday

Heger says his government prioritises health care like none of its predecessors, but doctors only see vague promises.

14. nov 2022
Old ladder in canyon (left) was replaced by new one (right).

A new metal ladder awaits hikers in the Lačnovský canyon

A favourite hiking destination near Prešov is safer now.

14. nov 2022
Stock image.

Christmas will be dimmer in some Slovak cities

Cities are looking into saving money as well as being more ecological.

14. nov 2022
Illustrative stock photo
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Bringing down the Iron Curtain in Devin near Bratislava, December 1989.

The gains of 1989 cannot be taken for granted

The language of its memories is velvety, but our non-violent revolution required real effort.

14. nov 2022
Volunteers sell poppies to people on the streets of eight Slovak regional capitals on Armistice Day, November 11.

Weekend: Where can you drink wine?

Bratislava will symbolically close its Austrian border.

11. nov 2022

News digest: Fake tickets for Rammstein's 2023 Slovak concert have already appeared

‘Mini-Pompidou Centre’ becomes a protected cultural monument, symbolic closure of a bridge over the Morava will recall the totalitarian regime, and a historic building's conversion wins an award.

11. nov 2022
The Nová Tržnica market hall, on the edge of Bratislava's city centre, is now a national cultural monument.

Nová Tržnica market hall in Bratislava is declared a national cultural monument

The building has been dubbed the ‘mini-Pompidou Centre’.

11. nov 2022
Otto Smik (kneeling, second from left) with other pilots from No. 222 "Natal" Fighter Squadron.

Up in the sky, a Slovak in a British plane fought Nazi Germany

After being shot down in combat, Otto Smik was originally buried as “an unknown Englishman”.

11. nov 2022
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