Compiled by Spectator staff
Compiled by Spectator staff

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A teacher reads instructions before the written part of the Slovak language and literature school-leaving exam at Ján Adam Rayman Grammar School in Prešov, eastern Slovakia, on March 11, 2025.

Think your English is good? Try passing this 90-question test in 150 minutes

Over 36,000 students sat the English exam on Wednesday.

Tristan Tate's company is supposed to be based in this property on the Terasa housing estate. According to a neighbour, tenants live there.

Tate brothers’ business network extends to Slovakia

Tristan Tate owns a little-known Košice firm.

Archaeologists excavating the grounds of Rusovce Chateau, a neo-Gothic landmark in Bratislava, have uncovered a Roman aqueduct.

A Roman aqueduct lies beneath a Slovak chateau. No one knew until now.

An excavation at the Rusovce Chateau has unearthed an engineering marvel.

Slovak footballer Leo Sauer in NAC Breda colours.

Slovakia’s next star? Footballer’s value has exploded in just six months

Leo Sauer’s performances in the Netherlands are demanding attention.

Duslo in Šaľa

Slovakia’s first CO₂ storage site takes shape

A gas firm plans to repurpose a depleted reservoir near Nitra – but environmental concerns linger.

One of the parking lots at near Červený Bridge.

Bratislava introduces new parking rules at Železná Studnička

New rules aim to free up spaces for visitors, not commuters.

Historical furniture from the collections of the Bratislava City Museum stored in the new storage facility.

Packing up the past: Bratislava’s art institutions move into the future

After 30 years of struggling on obsolete premises, GMB and MMB get a new, joint, modern storage facility, for their artworks and artifacts.

Brat za Brata leader Matúš Alexa (r) outside the Presidential Palace in Bratislava on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

A pro-Russian group says 450,000 want to end Russia sanctions

Brat za Brata delivered a petition to the president on Tuesday, but accusations of forgery cast doubt on its claims.

Report on Fico’s alleged villa published by Croatian outlet Večernji list.

Fico’s Croatian getaway? PM hits back at allegations over alleged villa

Reports from Croatian media say the Slovak PM has begun construction in a luxury seaside village.

In the photo, from left, Libor Holík (Trnava) and Ammar Ramadan (DAC) battle for the ball during the first-round match of the championship group in the Niké Liga between FC Spartak Trnava and FC DAC Dunajská Streda in Trnava on Saturday, March 8, 2025.
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Syrian legionnaire could be a game-changer for DAC

The smallest player on the pitch, Ammar Ramadan, stunned Trnava with a header over the weekend.

The site of Liptovský Mikuláš’s future public beach.
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This Slovak town never had a public beach – now it is building one from scratch

Locals have been using the site as an informal beach, but the shoreline is overgrown.

Pictured from left: Ľuboš Blaha, Juraj Blanár, and Ladislav Kamenický, deputy chairs of the ruling Smer party; party leader Robert Fico; deputy chair Richard Takáč; and Smer board member Robert Kaliňák stand on stage during the nationwide International Women’s Day celebrations organised by Smer at the Agrokomplex venue in Nitra on Sunday, March 9, 2025.
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Robert Fico wades into Romania’s election row, calling for EU intervention

But over the weekend, the premier focused on women – offering praise while avoiding their real challenges.

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Glossary: Multicultural society

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Pasienky swimming pool, following its reconstruction.
Judge Juraj Kliment

Senior judge faces disciplinary trial. He calls it 'political revenge'

Supreme Court Judge Juraj Kliment could have avoided one charge but has insisted on a full hearing.

Spišská Nová Ves players huddle before their March 2 match against Slovan Bratislava in the Tipos Extraliga, played in Spišská Nová Ves.

Spišská Nová Ves completes improbable rise to the top of Slovak ice hockey

After finishing first in the Extraliga regular season, the playoffs await for the club that's stunned Slovak hockey.

Basilica of St. Nicholas in Trnava

A digital pilgrim’s guide to central Europe’s sacred paths

From grand cathedrals to remote chapels, the project revives centuries-old pilgrimage traditions.

Former Slovak ambassador to the United Kingdom, Róbert Ondrejcsák.

‘We are seen as total lunatics,’ says Slovakia’s former UK ambassador

Brother of justice minister to replace Róbert Ondrejcsák in London.

Presentation of credentials by Assadollah Eshragh Jahromi, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to Austria and accredited to the Slovak Republic, to Peter Pellegrini, President of Slovakia, on January 29, 2025.

Iran plans direct flights to Bratislava

Tehran seeks new medical tourism opportunities while Slovakia considers trade ties.

New builds down 16 percent in worst year since 2017

Košice defies the downturn with a 50 percent surge in new builds, but the rest of the country struggles.

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