Archive of articles - December 2022
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Don't worry, Slovakia, you'll do well
British Ambassador Nigel Baker goes back to 1993 and greets the newborn Slovakia from the future.
Good stories you may have missed in 2022
It's time for stories that you enjoyed reading or you may have missed.
Scientist and teacher: Students in Slovakia can gain an education as good as abroad
Ľubomír Tomáška is this year's ESET Science Award laureate.
News digest: In Bratislava, New Year's festivities count as Slovakia's birthday party
Slovakia turns 30. The most followed Slovak politician on Facebook. Cases of respiratory illnesses down.
Timeline: From a brush with authoritarianism to the election of a Slovak Erin Brockovich
Slovakia’s 30 years of ups and downs.
Foreigners like it here because they do not have high expectations
But we Slovaks know we could have done better, says veteran analyst Marián Leško.
Weekend: Start the new year with a hike
Kick off 2023 with a hike or a classical music concert.
Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava
Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between December 29 and January 8, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions and highlights of the year.
A tale of two journeys
Tracing back along the same route as the bus 30 years before, the High Tatra Mountains took my breath away, again.
News digest: Zakopane dreaming of calmer New Year's celebration, jealous of Slovaks
Ex-Russian president's absurd 2023 prediction, and a road that has sparked controversy.
In its thirties, it's time for the Slovak economy to start using its brain
Slovakia has eventually done what it had to do in the 1990s. Now it needs a new wave of reforms.
Bratislava to welcome the new year in the streets again
New Year’s Eve festivities include music, food, music, fireworks and more.
News digest: Slovakia has to compare itself to developed countries, says SAV head
President signs budget law, considers last 12 months extremely difficult. Learn more in today's digest.
The Canadian bookseller who took a chance and found home in post-Mečiar Bratislava
In the Slovak capital, where he planned to stay for a year, Ben Pascoe runs a popular café that tourists rarely stumble across.
To play in the top league, you need the best players. This has not happened for Slovak science yet
Science in Slovakia has changed a lot in the past 30 years.
Energy crisis will force Slovak economy into a recession in 2023
The energy crisis offers new investment opportunities, especially in the area of energy efficiency and green transition.
Slovaks can afford much more than they could 30 years ago
Independent Slovakia was founded during a wrenching economic transformation.
News digest: New skyscraper planned for Bratislava, which should be 250 metres tall
Health workers help man who swallowed a champagne stopper on Christmas's Eve, skier Petra Vlhová took second place in Semmering on Tuesday and a battery plant to be built in Lozorno.
Bratislava may have one of the tallest skyscrapers in Europe
The new landmark is planned for the site near Apollo Bridge.
Bratislava as a capital city: Changed skyline, but iconic buildings lost
‘Lukewarm’ approach by authorities and wild privatisation left their mark.
- Weekend: Celebration of fun comes to Malacky Photo
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- News digest: Fico’s bloc wants to save money by restricting electoral access
- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
- Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- Convicted of multiple murders, Slovakia’s mafia boss seeks release from prison
- Slovakia plans to restrict access to new medicines amid funding shortfall
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- Weekend: Celebration of fun comes to Malacky Photo
- Digital Jarvis is real now. He is coming for your to-do list
- News digest: Fico’s bloc wants to save money by restricting electoral access
- The disinformation scene has become a tool of media capture
- Slovakia plans to restrict access to new medicines amid funding shortfall
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- News digest: Violent gang in Bratislava is under arrest
- The Kremlin’s security agency has a Russian contractor in Slovakia - no one has noticed
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- Digital Jarvis is real now. He is coming for your to-do list
- Weekend: Celebration of fun comes to Malacky Photo
- The disinformation scene has become a tool of media capture
- Maria Theresa on the banks of Bratislava
- A mayor resigns over €2.7 million fraud scandal at town hall
- Show me your moves! Slovak hockey stars share their best pick-up lines
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
- He designed Gatwick. But this is his masterpiece
- Fico praises China and Vietnam as models, says liberal democracy has failed
- News digest: Violent gang in Bratislava is under arrest
- The compass points to Kúty, and people are starting to follow
- News digest: Prosecutor seeks jail for NBS Governor Kažimír as his political support wanes
- Slovakia loses another EV model to Spain as Stellantis chooses Zaragoza over Trnava
- Slovak female triathlete shatters barriers with historic win at Himalayan event
- Weekend: Celebration of fun comes to Malacky Photo
- News digest: Fico’s bloc wants to save money by restricting electoral access
- Slovakia plans to restrict access to new medicines amid funding shortfall
- No more photos or bank statements? Slovakia moves to ease residence process
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