PM Robert Fico (Smer).

Agency downgrades Slovakia's rating after changes to Penal Code

Another lowers country's outlook to negative.

14. feb 2024
Pavol Gašpar.

Fico nominee to head SIS threatened to kill prosecutor, attempted to discredit judge

Opposition outcry after Pavol Gašpar, son of indicted ex-police chief and Smer MP Tibor Gašpar, lined up for security service top job.

14. feb 2024
The most expensive publicly offered buildings in Bratislava whose owner can be identified.
14. feb 2024

News digest: A warning letter to Fico govt

Dell Slovakia fires trade union leaders, e-car trip across the country, diary of a Ukrainian newcomer, and a rising tennis star.

13. feb 2024
Chief hygienist Ján Mikas.
13. feb 2024
Dell Slovakia building on Fazuľová Street in Bratislava in 2007.

Dell Slovakia sacks trade union officials, faces accusation of using 'brute force'

The tech company is believed to have violated the Labour Code.

13. feb 2024
An illustrative photo.

How Pablo, a Jack Russell, helps me learn Slovak

Never lose your sense of humour when trying to speak a foreign language.

Iryna Zinchenko 13. feb 2024
Renáta Jamrichová at the 2024 Australian Open in Melbourne.

A rising tennis star listens to Mozart before matches. It seems to help

Renáta Jamrichová has won a major girls’ singles trophy in Melbourne.

Hana Trenčanová 13. feb 2024
For the approximately 10,000 battery-powered electric cars currently driving on Slovak roads, there are 1,808 public charging stations available at 740 locations across Slovakia.

The challenges of driving by e-car from Bratislava to Košice

Cross-country journeys can involve multiple extended stops.

13. feb 2024

News digest: More international travellers visit Slovakia (but it's not what it used to be)

Fico's big investment revolution, interview with Slovakia's Maya expert, and AmCham Slovakia has a new head.

and 1 more 12. feb 2024
TANAP Museum in Tatranská Lomnica.

A Slovak museum offers audio guides but no WiFi to visitors

Entrance fees have increased at the TANAP Museum.

Viera Legerská 12. feb 2024
Transport Minister Jozef Ráž Jr.
and 1 more 12. feb 2024
Bratislava should attempt to reduce the traffic in its streets to protect the health of its citizens, says Hanna Rhein from Deutsche Umwelthilfe.

Bratislava air poses risk to people, German activists say

In Slovakia, air pollution causes 5,000 premature deaths every year.

12. feb 2024
Maya expert Milan Kováč.
12. feb 2024
Tibor Gaspar (center) celebrates the passing of the law with fellow Smer MPs.

Why are you helping rapists? Fico’s government faces some awkward questions

The widely opposed rule-of-law changes pass, and a rearguard defence begins.

12. feb 2024
Freight trains avoid Slovak railways.

News digest: Railway transport in western Slovakia is in big trouble, union warns

Globsec may quit Bratislava, carnivals in full swing this weekend, and some feel-good stories to lift your mood.

9. feb 2024
Gangs of school pupils have reportedly been attacking people in the towns of Poprad and Spišská Nová Ves, in eastern Slovakia.

Report: Gangs of school pupils are attacking people in eastern Slovak towns

Status points are being awarded to attackers, police say.

9. feb 2024
President Emmanuel Macron of France, speaking at last year's Globsec conference in Bratislava.

Globsec, Slovakia's biggest high-level annual event, may quit Bratislava

Lack of infrastructure is cited, but the new government has been openly hostile towards Globsec

9. feb 2024
Wild board in the forests of Bratislava.

Wild boars in Bratislava are hunted from high stands, those in city are problematic

Three measures must take place at the same time, otherwise nothing will help.

Katarína Jakubjaková 9. feb 2024
The Šibalky products

These students launched a business based on wool – and won awards

A selection of short feel-good stories from Slovakia.

9. feb 2024
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