Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.

News digest: Ukraine is Europe, says European leader

How Slovakia is helping Ukraine one year on, plus the importance of health care as an election issue, and a judge is convicted.

24. feb 2023
Liptov is a popular destination for tourists in winter and summer alike.

Residents blame tourism for destroyed nature and high prices in top tourist area

Liptov would be another 'hungry valley' without tourism, some argue.

Ľubica Stančíková 24. feb 2023
Working from home or a hybrid work model is what appeal to Slovaks returning home.
24. feb 2023
Ukrainian soldiers training to operate tanks and other armoured vehicles at Bovington Camp in Britain.
24. feb 2023
With higher temperatures, the snowdrops bloom.

Weekend: Spend a night in the middle of the forest in a plane

Slovaks in Hollywood, remembering the creator of Sacher cake and a hidden map.

24. feb 2023
Pictures from The Gift pantomime show. Milan Sladek wrote it in the Swedish Goteborg in 1969 as a metaphor of Czechoslovakia's cohabitation with the Soviet Union.

Foreigners: Top 10 events in Bratislava

Tips for the top 10 events in the capital between February 23 and March 5, plus regular services in different languages, training, temporary exhibitions, classical music and highlights of the year.

24. feb 2023
A Ukrainian girl poses in a destroyed classroom.

365 days: War has cut millions of Ukrainians' dreams short

The solidarity of Slovaks with Ukrainian families impressed me.

24. feb 2023
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (c) and European Parliament's President Roberta Metsola (r) applaud during an EU summit at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, on February 9, 2023.

Ukraine is Europe, Europe is Ukraine. We belong together

The European Parliament wants to start planning for liberation day.

24. feb 2023
Ukrainian refugees get registered outside the Foreigner Police building in Bratislava on March 12, 2022.
24. feb 2023
Ukrainian soldiers at Bovington Camp, a British Army military base where they are training on Challenger 2 tanks, in Dorset, England, on February 22, 2023.

Diplomats in Slovakia: Our countries will support Ukraine for as long as it takes

We commend Slovakia’s steadfast support of Ukraine, they also write in their statement.

24. feb 2023
Yulia Pisetska hugs her son Hassan.

News digest: The story of a war-weary Ukrainian mother

Plan for a new nuclear power plant, Dutch student prepares lokše, and rain in many places on Friday.

23. feb 2023
Nuclear power plant Jaslovské Bohunice waits for its fifth block.

New nuclear power plant in Slovakia closer to reality

The semi-state company JESS has asked for the permit to build the plant in Jaslovské Bohunice.

23. feb 2023
Čerešne residential project in Bratislava.

You can now try a new flat in Bratislava before buying it

A developer in the Slovak capital is offering a try-before-you-buy concept.

23. feb 2023
Journalists during a press conference.
23. feb 2023
Yulia Pisetska with her children.

First Syria, then Ukraine: A Ukrainian mother’s mission to save her children from wars

Her family’s evacuation to Slovakia made headlines a year ago.

23. feb 2023
Dutch student Lisa Verberne flips a lokša.

Recipe for love: Take one Dutch person, add a Slovak

Sharing a kitchen is an intimate experience, says student.

23. feb 2023
Slovak team at the 2023 World Pond Hockey Championship.

Slovaks crowned world pond hockey champions

'Frosty Shots' beat Czech rivals in final.

23. feb 2023
Juraj Hossu in the middle

News digest: Henry Acorda killer spends less than three years in prison

Almost every Slovak woman wears wrong sized bra, Concert for Ukraine announced. Learn more in today's digest.

22. feb 2023
Juraj Hossu in 2019.

Man who beat Filipino to death released from jail

Juraj Hossu spent only three of nine year sentence behind bars.

22. feb 2023
Beata Balogová is Editor of the Sme daily.

Matovič and Fico are alike. They see no shame in attacking journalists

Why we need to keep reminding people of how and why Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová died.

22. feb 2023
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