Political system: republic
Capital: Paris
Total area: 550,000 square kilometres
Population: about 62 million
Official language: French
Currency: euro
Source: The French Embassy
21. Jun 2010 at 0:00 | Compiled by Spectator staff
France: General facts
Political system: republic
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News digest: Slovakia will receive more than 4 million vaccines
Schools will continue with distance education. Curfew will be applied on January 25 and 26 too.
I receive more hate mail than I used to, says outgoing transparency watchdog director
Gabriel Šípoš leaves Transparency International Slovakia after 11 years. Slovakia has gone a long way in transparency, he says.
Prosecutor’s office reportedly plans to weaken the department fighting extremism
The proposal has raised several critical reactions.
Conservative NGOs received gender equality subsidies despite experts' recommendations
Leaked documents show the recipients of the Labour Ministry’s 2020 subsidies were favoured even though they did not achieve the highest score in the competition.
- 1. Johnson Controls will dismiss hundreds of employees in Bratislava
- 2. Curfew will be prolonged. Negative test result will be required for work or trips to nature (FAQ)
- 3. News digest: Slovakia opens more testing sites
- 4. News digest: Slovakia will receive more than 4 million vaccines
- 5. Leaving home will be nearly impossible without a negative test
- 6. A Slovak hunted a tiger in Africa and used it for advertisement
- 7. When will I receive my jab?
- 8. Unable to book antigen testing in Bratislava? Everyone will get a chance to get tested, municipality promises
- 9. Italian architects to design refurbishing of Bratislava's iconic bathhouse
- 10. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 2,484 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 1. Leaving home will be nearly impossible without a negative test
- 2. Johnson Controls will dismiss hundreds of employees in Bratislava
- 3. Curfew will be prolonged. Negative test result will be required for work or trips to nature (FAQ)
- 4. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 2,484 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 5. The elderly will be given preference. Vaccination strategy changes
- 6. News digest: Slovakia opens more testing sites
- 7. News digest: Slovakia tests en mass and launches vaccination of seniors
- 8. Unable to book antigen testing in Bratislava? Everyone will get a chance to get tested, municipality promises
- 9. A swab instead of a jab. The renamed testing kicked off
- 10. A Slovak hunted a tiger in Africa and used it for advertisement
- 1. Leaving home will be nearly impossible without a negative test
- 2. Johnson Controls will dismiss hundreds of employees in Bratislava
- 3. Curfew will be prolonged. Negative test result will be required for work or trips to nature (FAQ)
- 4. Bratislava was nothing like Prague when I first came here
- 5. The elderly will be given preference. Vaccination strategy changes
- 6. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 2,484 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 7. News digest: Schools will remain closed
- 8. Cabinet agrees on COVID screening
- 9. Austria fears new coronavirus strain spreading in Slovakia. Closes some border crossings
- 10. News digest: Slovakia opens more testing sites