Miners from the Nováky mine on the last day of operation.

News digest: Final coal mining cart pulled from Nováky mine

More trains for Christmas holidays, Bratislava outskirts teeming with culture, and a recipe for Christmas baking.

20. dec 2023
ZSSK will boost trains during Christmas holidays and around the New Year.

Extra trains laid on for Christmas

More carriages for those on some international routes.

20. dec 2023
Iryna Zinchenko.

Slovakia has changed since I first visited in the nineties

I used to come to Slovakia as a tourist, now I'm a refugee.

Iryna Zinchenko 20. dec 2023
Visitors to Nová Cvernovka, the Nové Mesto borough, during the annual Day of Open Studios event.

Bratislava outskirts teem with culture, but many locals indifferent about it

The city doesn't know the number of community centres.

Katarína Jakubjaková 20. dec 2023
The founding and successor generation of the Zajko family (from left: sons Martin and Michal, and father Jozef).

Slovak firm makes furniture for hotels in France and Germany

Idona is currently completing two new production halls.

20. dec 2023
Decorated medovníky, Slovak spiced honey cookies.

How to make Medovníky, Slovak spiced honey cookies

Medovníky are everywhere in Slovakia around Christmas, from fancy decorated ones in market stalls to simple treats in grandma's kitchen.

19. dec 2023
Slovak parliament.

News digest: Becoming a Slovak will be more expensive

What it takes to run a family business in Slovakia, Christmas concerts, and a Scottish native who found home in Slovakia in 1989.

19. dec 2023
The government's public finance consolidation package was approved in parliament on December 19, 2023.

From citizenship fee to taxes. People will pay more and work on Constitution Day from 2024

MPs approve the government's €1.5 billion consolidation package.

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Train travel produces 80 percent less carbon dioxide emissions per person per kilometre than air travel.
19. dec 2023
The new Finnish sauna by Zemplínska Šírava.

New sauna with 'Slovak Sea' view opens in eastern Slovakia

The new attraction built on the banks of the Zemplínska Šírava water reservoir.

19. dec 2023
John Boyd.
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19. dec 2023
Erika Matwij

Unprepared generations: The problems of family businesses in Slovakia

Expert Erika Matwij discusses the benefits and pitfalls of keeping a firm in the family.

19. dec 2023
US Steel Košice

News digest: Japanese giant to buy Košice steelworks

Austrian bank's plan to expand into Slovakia, Bratislava tram projects, and a ruling that helps foreigners.

18. dec 2023
U.S. Steel Košice.

Japanese firm acquires U.S. Steel for almost $15 billion

The Košice steelworks, owned by U.S. Steel, has been underfinanced for years.

and 1 more 18. dec 2023
The Supreme Administrative Court in Bratislava.

Constitutional Court tells police when they cannot reject foreigner’s residence application

Reliance on the non-explanatory negative opinion written by secret service not enough, the court rules.

18. dec 2023
The trust in party leaders and the president in November 2023.

Trust in Speaker Pellegrini on rise before presidential race

Hlas leader Peter Pellegrini is considering running for president.

18. dec 2023
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Robert Fico arrives to Smer headquarters on election night.

‘The memory of a fish in a bowl’: Slovak journalists reflect on a ‘bitter’ year

Those who covered the murder of Ján Kuciak wonder why it already means so little to voters.

18. dec 2023
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Family Business: Asset Protection in Crisis Situations

Family businesses can entail numerous consequences that spouses often fail to fully grasp before crises occur.

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18. dec 2023
Gutmann representatives announcing the extension of their bank’s presence in Slovakia, at the premises of auction house Soga.

Austrian private bank expands services in Slovakia

Gutmann announces “next step” amid growing demand for exclusive banking.

18. dec 2023
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