Welfare, recycling rules tightened

Rules for collecting social benefits will be tightened as of the new year, with jobless people required to search for work actively and report to labour offices, and welfare recipients expected to work for their local communities. A law charging consumers small deposits on glass and plastic containers also takes effect on January 1, part of a drive to encourage greater recycling in Slovakia.

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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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