Fewer families in poverty

The percentage of Slovak households below the poverty line - earning less than 1,400 Sk per month per person - has steadily decreased. While 20 percent of families were below the line in the first quarter of 1994, 17 percent were under in that year's second quarter. 1995 saw continued improvement; 14 percent were below in the first quarter and 11 percent in the next quarter.

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Twice as many Ukrainians work in Slovakia now than before the Russian invasion.


Píšem or pišám?

"Do ľava," (to the left) I yelled, "Nie, do prava" (no, to the right), I gasped. "Dolšie," I screamed. "Nie, nie, horšie..." My Slovak girlfriend collapsed in laughter. Was it something I said?


Matthew J. Reynolds
Czech biochemist Jan Konvalinka.

Jan Konvalinka was expecting a pandemic before Covid-19 came along.


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