Compiled by Spectator staff
Compiled by Spectator staff

List of author's articles, page 6

Police fined Skpay for failing to report €16 million in suspicious transactions.

Slovak Post offshoot fined for failing to report millions in suspect transactions

Fined firm says the money was deposited by refugees from Ukraine.

Ivan Solej

Former court official indicted for fraud, yet still hired by government

Ivan Solej, accused of fraud and excessive salaries, kept a Justice Ministry job and later secured an EU-funded contract.

Kežmarok

Thieves rip skier statue from square and cash it in

Thieves spent 45 minutes stealing the statue in Kežmarok.

Gelnica

Teen girl sets man on fire and goes back to school next day

Meanwhile, the town of Gelnica, where the incident happened, recently made headlines over claims of racism.

Zvolen Castle in Zvolen, central Slovakia.

More exhibitions, projects closing or in risk of closure in National Gallery

Management yet to say there is plan to supplant cancelled acitivities, exhibitions.

One of the McDonald's restaurants in Bratislava.

McDonald's announces big expansion in Slovakia

Plan is to enter smaller towns as well.

SNS leader Andrej Danko

Criticism, admiration, and a pledge of loyalty: What Danko wrote to Fico

Letter from SNS leader Andrej Danko to the prime minister.

DAC Dunajská Streda player Matej Trusa.

Top Polish football club wanted Matej Trusa - until they heard the price

Another Slovak forward, Dávid Strelec, was on the verge of a move to England - but the deal fell through.

The cycle path, with kerbs, on Vajanského Embankment.

Pedals over politics: City backs cyclists as Danube bike path debate continues

The Bratislava city council stands behind its design, waits for response of the Transport Ministry.

The book dispenzing box of the Petržalka Library is located next to the Petržalka swimming pool at Tupolevova 7/B.

New Knihobox service brings 24/7 book pickups to Petržalka Library

The new service will be free of charge during the three-month pilot phase.

Environment Minister Tomáš Taraba.

Environment minister wants hydropower plant, leaving people in affected area despondent

Former ice-hockey goalie among people affected by proposed plant.

The homeless man who died was found near the Nivy shopping centre.

Ukrainians, homeless and Roma share experience of abuse at shopping mall

Security guards at Bratislava's Nivy shopping centre have reportedly been attacking homeless people. One died recently, after being accused of theft.

Former health minister Vladimír Lengvarský.

European prosecutor is investigating alleged corruption at Slovak hospitals

The investigation affects a €212-million funding call for projects paid from the EU Recovery Plan.

Bohunice and Hrádok from a bird’s-eye view.

Scientists uncover lost ruins and terraced fields in the Štiavnické Hills

Advanced aerial scanning has exposed forgotten structures on Hrádok.

Slovenský plynárenský priemysel (SPP)

Slovakia stays loyal to Gazprom as Russian gas starts flowing via TurkStream

Deliveries set to soar from April, says SPP gas supplier.

University of Economics in Bratislava

New higher education legislation aims at better management of universities 

Opposition says amendment will drive more young people out of the country. 

Illustrative image.
A protest in Humenné, eastern Slovakia. The caption reads "Leave the government, not EU and NATO.

Dissatisfaction growing in eastern Slovakia, Smer bastions join protests

Protests in small towns require courage, says political scientist.

Volkswagen Passat was the first model ever to be produced in Bratislava after Volkswagen started vehicle production in Slovakia in 1991.

If introduced, US tariffs would hit Slovakia significantly

Automotive industry would be affected the most.  

In the photo, President Peter Pellegrini (second from left), opposition KDH leader Milan Majerský (right), Hlas leader and Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (third from right), Smer leader and Prime Minister Robert Fico (left), and Slovak National Party leader and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Andrej Danko (second from right) greet each other after a round-table meeting on Slovakia’s foreign policy orientation, organised by the president at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

Fico denies Slovakia will leave EU – but leaves informal Brussels meeting early

President Pellegrini’s round table falls flat as key opposition leaders refuse to attend. 

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