Compiled by Spectator staff
Compiled by Spectator staff

List of author's articles, page 5

A major overhaul of Bratislava Main Station has been urgently needed for years.

Too little, too late? Bratislava Main Station’s revamp is still a distant prospect

Despite decades of planning, Slovakia’s busiest station remains outdated and unloved.

Four new bridges now span the Krpelianska Gorge, their foundations made not of timber but of repurposed railway tracks.

A footpath was falling apart. So they rebuilt it by hand.

With timber, railway tracks and sheer determination, locals in Krpeľany restored a trail lost to time.

Approximately 50 citizens gathered on Bratislava’s Hviezdoslav Square on 28 February 2004 to protest against plans to construct a three-metre-high iron fence around the US Embassy.
Tomáš Rigo (Slovakia) and Italy’s Matteo Prati during the Group A match between Slovakia and Italy at the Under-21 European Championship in Trnava on Saturday, 14 June 2025.

Slovakia did not make the quarters – but their players made a mark

No other player at the U21 Euros was targeted as relentlessly as Slovakia’s Tomáš Suslov.

A freight train from China during its ceremonial welcome at the transhipment terminal of the Bratislava cargo port on Monday, 13 November 2017.

Skilled, vetted and Chinese: Slovakia’s new visa plan takes shape

A regulation approved in June will allow up to 1,000 Chinese workers a year, but only through tightly screened employers tied to strategic investments.

The nuclear power plant in Jaslovské Bohunice.

Americans may build Slovakia’s next nuclear power plant

The nuclear power plant is expected to cost between €13 and €15 billion to build.

The Vadaš summer resort in Štúrovo

Rare brain-eating amoeba kills child in Slovakia

Authorities close popular resort after boy succumbs to Naegleria fowleri, a deadly amoeba found in warm freshwater.

Revamped trail in Petržalka surfaced with wood chips.

New nature trail opens in Bratislava’s Petržalka forest

Path between two lakes surfaced with wood chips as part of wider effort to restore urban woodland.

Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) visited the Economy Ministry as part of an inspection day on 17 June 2025 in Bratislava. On the left is Economy Minister Denisa Saková (Hlas).

Fico lashes out at EU plan to end Russian gas imports

The prime minister calls Brussels’ energy proposal ‘ideological’.

Justice Minister Boris Susko (l) and businessman Michal Suchoba

Justice minister seeks to overturn plea deal in high-profile bribery case

A new legal tool allows the government to reopen finalised plea agreements, sparking alarm among rule-of-law advocates.

Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenický.

Moody’s joins major agencies in confirming Slovakia’s rating

While PM Fico congratulates Finance Minister Kamenický, analysts urge caution.

From left: Italy's Cesare Casadei is about to score a goal into Slovakia's net.
Illustration of the likely original appearance of the cross.

Archaeologists find a cross unlike any other

A small bronze cross unearthed in a field bears a rare Slovak inscription.

One dark tourism site in Slovakia is the place near Ivanka pri Dunaji where national hero Milan Rastislav Štefánik died in a plane crash in 1919. The site is marked by a stone memorial.

Dark tourism in Slovakia: Uncovering the hidden stories of places marked by tragedy

Author Tomáš Galierik discusses why sites linked to death or loss can be worth visiting.

Zlaté Piesky

Bratislava’s water fun season is open. Ticket prices have increased

Rosnička and Zlaté Piesky summer water resorts are already open.

Emaciated foal
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Emaciated foals, dead animals and horses drinking from puddles of manure: Slovak farm of horrors uncovered

Police also uncovered more than 850 dogs living in appalling conditions.

Gas pipeline at Veľké Kapušany, eastern Slovakia

Slovakia’s bet on Russian gas via Turkey hits a wall

Premier Fico’s energy strategy faces new uncertainty.

Assembly of Kia vehicles at the Kia Slovakia plant in Teplička nad Váhom, near Žilina.

Slovakia ranks near bottom in EU prosperity. What went wrong?

Central Europe’s former success story is losing its edge.

A newly marked hiking trail now leads to the cave.

Remote cave known as ‘Hell’ may soon be open to visitors

A newly marked trail and proposed legal change could bring official access to a once-forbidden site in the Manínska Gorge.

Sports and Tourism Minister Rudolf Huliak.

Minister plans for state web to replace Booking – his ministry disagrees

The eVisitor system is to help with collection of taxes.

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