I'm Ukrainian, and my family and I moved to Slovakia many years ago. I study journalism at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Trnava, covering politics and culture for The Slovak Spectator. I also studied in Germany and Canada.

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A homeroom teacher hands out mid-year report summaries to first-year pupils at Ľudovít Fulla Primary School in Košice on 31 January 2025, marking the end of the first term of the 2024/2025 school year.

News digest: Slovakia confirms foot-and-mouth disease, begins culling livestock

Rural areas of Slovakia experience 'transport poverty', taboo literature uncovered in 20th century Bratislava, and Slovakia Is Europe protests sweep Slovakia again.

Lenka White, the corresponder of Czech news channel CNN Prima News.

News digest: Pro-Russian Czech CNN correspondent asks Musk to 'help' Slovakia

The Slovak basketball talent weaving towards the NBA, a Ukrainian working in the Slovak corporate world, and a Chinese delegation headed to Brezno.

Peter Pellegrini.

News digest: Pellegrini tops trust poll, but many remain skeptical

A young Slovak becomes an airline pilot, Košice removes Kuciak memorial, and the Kyiv-Bratislava train speeds up.

Who is Helena? Do you know about Helena? Discover the secret behind this name.

‘Who is Helena?’ takes players on an illuminating journey

A digital game brings totalitarian Czechoslovakia to life.

Robert Fico met with technology magnate Elon Musk in Washington.
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News digest: Robert Fico meets Elon Musk in US, prepares for CPAC speech

Gen Z's relationship with alcohol, SAV scientists work on a potential diabetes cure, and protests across Slovak cities honour the memory of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová.

Robert Fico.

News digest: PS leads in revived state opinion poll, but SaS would be out

Ideas for how and where to spent Valentine's Day and weekend; the future of combined education; and the radiation risk to Slovakia after a Russian drone strike on Chernobyl.

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News digest: Slovaks protest in 50 cities, with up to 45,000 people gathering in Bratislava

Homeless people speak about being abused at a Bratislava shopping mall.

News digest: Fico accuses Czechs of interfering in Slovakia. 'Absurd', says Fiala

The Canadian footballer who swapped a beach in the Pacific for the High Tatras, the Slovak scientists making global breakthroughs, and school students get their mid-year assessments.

News digest: Huge protests sweep Slovakia; 60,000 people gather in the capital

PM Fico blames a cyberattack on his opponents, while his coalition partner ousts two MPs.

News digest: Zelensky invited Fico, but got Šimečka. Turns out it is safe to visit Kyiv

A new sauna opens in Bratislava in an unlikely venue, rescue helicopters are called out three times near Chopok, and what do you say to a camel crossing the road in Bratislava?

In the image, on the left in the foreground, is the Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (HLAS), speaking during a press conference after the 178th extraordinary meeting of the Security Council at the Government Office of the Slovak Republic on Friday, January 10, 2025, in Bratislava.

News digest: Fico blames Ukraine for cyberattack on land registry, president calls for government action

More SNG staff resign in protest, the PM finally reports to MPs on his trip to Moscow, and doctors says the 'new' HMPV is not a pandemic threat.

The Grand Opera Madam Butterfly Suite at the five-star Capella Hanoi hotel in Vietnam (left) and Prime Minister Fico (right) in the same suite, from where he posted a video on social media on January 2. Fico had not appeared in public for weeks and tried to conceal his location in his videos. However, details such as a phone, curtains, and a framed television gave him away.

News digest: Fico goes AWOL, but is spotted in a blinged-out hotel suite in Hanoi, Vietnam

Harabin refuses to apologise for his false claims, and thousands protest in Bratislava against the current direction of Slovakia.

News digest: After Fico's visit to Moscow, restored Soviet memorial is vandalised again

Ukraine's ambassador speaks to The Slovak Spectator, MP Huliak proposes Očová as a venue for Ukraine-Russia negotiations, and Martin Pospíšil tops the NHL's 'naughty list'.

News digest: Crisis in health care ends after doctors and government reach agreement

Today Slovakia evacuated 25 Palestinian children from Gaza for urgent medical care.

Trnava - Slovakia's 'Little Rome".

Where to sip coffee and unwind in Trnava, according to students

Inspired by Berlin, Trnava’s cultural centre charts a path for independent arts.

In the photo on the left, PM Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and Brazil's Vice President Geraldo Alckmin shake hands in the capital of the largest South American country - Brazil on December 10, 2024.

News digest: Fico, during visit to Brazil, accuses West of planning to 'sacrifice' Ukraine

The legendary Bratislava roll pastry that has more than 400 years of sweet, sweet tradition.

Na snímke kandidát na post ústavného sudcu  Michal Truban počas vypočutia Ústavnoprávnym výborom NR SR 25. januára 2019 v Bratislave. FOTO TASR - Pavel Neubauer

News digest: The Specialised Criminal Court gets an old- new chief justice

Slovaks startups draw companies' attention, Bratislava gets its first snow of the winter, and the city's Christmas tram is back in service.

Donovaly welcomes everyone back to the slopes.

News digest: Winter is here, bringing good cheer! Skiers celebrate the new season

The British boxing star whose family quit Slovakia over racism, Slovak-Palestinian relations, and President Pellegrini speaks to a Meta vice-president.

Students from the department of Digital Game Theory

Slovakia's gaming future: How the study of digital games is changing education and culture

Students of the theory of digital games are aiming to put Slovakia on the digital gaming map.

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