Nigel Baker

Don't worry, Slovakia, you'll do well

British Ambassador Nigel Baker goes back to 1993 and greets the newborn Slovakia from the future.

31. dec 2022
Tomáš Slovinský in the Low Tatras.

Good stories you may have missed in 2022

It's time for stories that you enjoyed reading or you may have missed.

31. dec 2022
Ľubomír Tomáška.

Scientist and teacher: Students in Slovakia can gain an education as good as abroad

Ľubomír Tomáška is this year's ESET Science Award laureate.

30. dec 2022

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.

30. dec 2022
First Ukrainian refugees arrive in Slovakia in late February 2022 after Russia invaded Ukraine.
30. dec 2022
Political analyst and former journalist Marián Leško.

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.

30. dec 2022
Veľký Choč, as pictured in January 2019.

Weekend: Start the new year with a hike

Kick off 2023 with a hike or a classical music concert.

30. dec 2022
Fireworks in Banská Bystrica on January 1, 2020. This year major Slovak cities have decided to cancel firework displays on New Year's Eve.

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.

30. dec 2022
Dan Stoll

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.

30. dec 2022

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.

29. dec 2022
Slovakia adopted the euro in 2009.

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.

29. dec 2022
New Year´s Eve fireworks in Bratislava

Bratislava to welcome the new year in the streets again

New Year’s Eve festivities include music, food, music, fireworks and more.

28. dec 2022

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.

28. dec 2022
Canadian Ben Pascoe runs a cafe in Bratislava's Old Town.

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.

28. dec 2022
Head of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Pavol Šajgalík.
28. dec 2022

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.

28. dec 2022
Choices, choices: Slovak consumers have a much wider selection of goods to choose from in 2022 than they did in 1993.

Slovaks can afford much more than they could 30 years ago

Independent Slovakia was founded during a wrenching economic transformation.

28. dec 2022

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.

27. dec 2022
The East Tower project with the 250-metre tall tower.

Bratislava may have one of the tallest skyscrapers in Europe

The new landmark is planned for the site near Apollo Bridge.

27. dec 2022
A new, high-rise downtown in Bratislava has sprouted in what was previously an industrial zone.

Bratislava as a capital city: Changed skyline, but iconic buildings lost

‘Lukewarm’ approach by authorities and wild privatisation left their mark.

27. dec 2022
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