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.

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.

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
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
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.

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.

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.

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.
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.

John Boyd.
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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

Marek Moravčík
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.

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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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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.

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