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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New projects will change the skyline of Bratislava.

10 projects that are changing the face of Bratislava

Among the established names are some newcomers.

Family tree of Andy Warhol, Michal Rázus is on the left.

How to start Slovak family history research

Ancestry search is a demanding job, says Michal Rázus.

Lucia Janičová

Scientist aims to be first Slovak woman to climb Everest

Lucia Janičová will give her all to reach summit, but not her life.

Currently, standard preparatory and permitting processes in Slovakia can take 14 years to complete, according to the transport minister.
The former industrial area on the edge of the centre of Bratislava incudes the original site of the Apollo refinery, which was bombed during WWII.
Yana Asheri with the Bratislava Coronation Dessert for 2024.
Business service centres in Slovakia are actively testing artificial-intelligence-based tools.

Business service centres are actively testing AI-based tools

Chatbots serve as online secretaries and help with HR.

centres will still need accountants five years from now, but what they do and how they perform their assignments will change.

Future jobs: Being an excellent programmer will not be enough

Versatility will be the predominant feature of future business and shared service employees.

The New Stations of the Cross combine old and new.

Architects on a mission to resurrect Bratislava Calvary

New Stations of the Cross to combine surviving remains and contemporary architecture.

Wolfgan Fisher

Slovakia could become a European hub for ESG reporting

Business service centres are creating a cooperative ecosystem for this emerging service, says market leader.

Motor shows are popular in Slovakia.

Ageing car fleet, preference for SUVs, weighs on environment

Out of total 2.8 million passenger and small commercial cars, only 12,000 are battery electric cars.

The business service sector is eager to get new roles and competences

Slovakia offers reasonably priced talent, a return on investment and added value.

For the approximately 10,000 battery-powered electric cars currently driving on Slovak roads, there are 1,808 public charging stations available at 740 locations across Slovakia.

The challenges of driving by e-car from Bratislava to Košice

Cross-country journeys can involve multiple extended stops.

Hiking in the High Tatras during winter has its charm.

High Tatras are not only for skiers in the winter

Beauties of winter tourism or from one mountain hut to another one.

Eva Ohraďanová attending a session of the Košice Self-Governing Region about the Valaliky Industrial Park and the potential for involving private schools.

Private school pioneers call for teaching overhaul

Children need to be taught differently to navigate today’s world, teachers say.

The marketplace in Bratislava's Nové Mesto borough, designed by Ivan Matušík, is a national cultural monument.

Paris has Centre Pompidou, Bratislava has New Market Hall

Both buildings are constructed in a high-tech style, the one in Bratislava awaiting a new life.

French musician Jean-Michel Jarre will be one of headliners of the Starmus festival.

Technology is neutral – we should not be afraid of it, says Jean-Michel Jarre

Starmus festival will change Bratislava into an artistic Davos, the musician says.

Language schools are teaching students to work with AI chatbots and translation apps.

Human interaction, not AI, key to mastering foreign languages

Use of translation apps and chatbots should be encouraged, but limits recognised, say teachers.

The exhibition of students's worsk in Nová Tržnica market hall

The biggest brownfield in Bratislava awaits new usage

The biggest challenge of developing the former industrial premises of Istrochem is environmental burdens.

There si a plenty of possibilities where to take a sauna in Bratislava

Frosty weather lures people to saunas. Where to visit saunas in Bratislava

Bratislava sauna options range from outdoor saunas in a shipping container or a wooden barrel up to luxurious saunas, for example in a former dungeon.

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