Jana Liptáková
Jana Liptáková
jana.liptakova@spectator.sk

Jana Liptáková has been with The Slovak Spectator since 2004. After three years of serving as a part-time contributor and freelancer for the culture section, Ms. Liptáková joined The Slovak Spectator full-time as a culture writer and photographer in April 2007. Before joining the Spectator, Ms. Liptáková worked with the TASR newswire and later Slovakia’s first private newswire, SITA, for more than 15 years. Ms. Liptakova covers culture and business and she is the newspaper’s photographer.Ms Liptáková graduated with a Masters of Sciences degree (awarded for extended study) from the Technical University in Trnava, majoring in materials science and technology.

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The ÚPSVaR changed methodology to report the jobless rate.

Slovakia’s jobless rate simultaneously increased and decreased in January. The reason is the change in methodology.

The new indicator enables a more detailed tracking of unemployment and better targeting of help.

Shared services and business service centres are arranging fun zones to lure employees back to offices.

Employees want more than bananas to return to office. Firms offer them fun

Firms in Slovakia may face a fine for allowing employees to work from home.

Filip Toška holding chard in the hydroponic Hausnatura farm.

How a Mayan doomsday prophecy took a Slovak to hi-tech agriculture

Hydroponic farm run out of former telephone exchange.

Marek Rešovský

Deutsche Telekom Services Europe SK & CZ C.E.O. says he'd like to hire 'accounting hackers'

We want to provide travel management for more national firms, the firm's managing director Marek Rešovský notes.

The palace with the plaque indicating that Wolfgang Amadeu Mozart gave a concert in this palace.

Did Mozart perform in Bratislava, or not?

We know for sure that his widow remarried in present-day Bratislava.

Foreign employees left Slovakia during the pandemic either because they wanted to be closer to their relatives, or the lockdowns prevented them from living the life in Slovakia they originally wanted to.

What Slovakia needs to do to become attractive for foreign talents

“Slovaks are doing a lot of good things, but they don’t like showcasing,” says Marie Dizon, HR business partner at ING Hubs Slovakia.

Working from home or a hybrid work model is what appeal to Slovaks returning home.
Ivan Tomko, vice-chair of the Business Service Center Forum (BSCF) at the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham)

Chatbots can take routine jobs, allowing BSC employees to do more sophisticated work

We are living in very interesting and turbulent times, says Business Service Center Forum Vice Chair Ivan Tomko.

The assistance centre is housed in the former bus station on Bottova Street.
Demikát.

Demikát – the traditional soup that has disappeared from Slovak tables

Recipes for national classic dish everywhere, but no one seems to cook it.

Carnival parade in Bratislava's streets.

Best mask contest and doughnuts: How to enjoy this week's Bratislava Carnival

The Slovak capital would like to highlight its diversity through the new event.

Students at Leaf Academy study Entrepreneurial Leadership, in which they tackle real issues, problems and business ideas.

International schools: Opening doors to study abroad

Private schools offer various leaving exams.

The sculpture known as Girl with Ravens or the Bratislava Witch.

Burned alive in Bratislava, accused witches flew on broomsticks and influenced the weather

Up to 1,500 people could have been accused of witchcraft on the territory of today's Slovakia.

Eustream, Slovakia’s ‘golden goose’, may stop laying eggs

The semi-state company says it is being unfairly targeted by a new tax.

Aaron King in the grounds of the Cambridge International School in Bratislava with his family, wife Loredana, son Octavian and daughters Annabelle and Alexandra.

Getting young people to think outside the box

Embracing Slovak culture and society at Cambridge International School.

People send fewer letters, postal firm Slovenská Pošta responds with closing of branches. Also in Bratislava

Have a look at which post offices will take over and which services people can arrange with postmen and parcel drop boxes.

The new EIA legislation might limit citizens’ rights to object to projects.

EIA amendment criticised

A brand new law remains in pipeline as Environment Ministry work goes on.

Illustrative stock photo

New car registration fees under fire

Some drivers face paying almost twice as much for registration.

Slovakia prepares for a referendum on early election scheduled for Saturday, January 21.

News digest: Fire-damaged Lumière cinema has found temporary home

A "mole" to bore tunnel under Carpathians, Slovakia will hold its ninth referendum on Saturday and record production of energy by nuclear power plants.

Carmakers in Slovakia have to halt car production due to a lack of microchips, too.

Slovak car industry keeps momentum

Expert warns of 'European Cuba' threat over petrol and diesel phase out

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