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MPs in the chamber on April 1, 2025.

News digest: Police brutality detailed, but MPs refuse to listen

Wednesday brings a crucial court date for a jailed mafia boss, troubling numbers on Slovakia’s shrinking population — and fresh data on just how deep conspiracy thinking runs.

The Jazz Prešov festival.

Benny Golson played here. This year, Jazz Prešov will have to scale back.

One of Slovakia’s longest-running music festivals lost its funding after the FPÚ board ignored expert advice — and gave money to unknown projects instead.

Cyclists on the Danube riverbank.
In 1918, a camera captured P. O. Hviezdoslav in Prague, tipping his hat to the crowd.
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Rare footage brings Slovakia’s literary giant back to life

A film clip offers an extraordinary window into the final years of P. O. Hviezdoslav.

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini (second from left) and Albanian President Bajram Begaj during a welcome ceremony in Tirana on Friday, 28 March 2025. This marked the first official visit by a Slovak head of state to Albania since Slovakia became independent.

How Slovakia’s president funded his campaign behind a wall of secrecy

Peter Pellegrini claimed his campaign was above board. A new donor list tells a different story.

Špania dolina (Central Slovakia)

A deadly contagion has arrived in Slovakia: 30 years of stories from Slovakia

An overview of our most-read stories from Slovakia, as well as the people behind them.

The Slovak Spectator team back in 1996.

A paper that wasn’t supposed to last

Does an English-language newspaper still have relevance in Slovakia?

Brown Bear in the Košice Zoo.

News digest: Bear suspected of killing man in central Slovakia

A story worthy of a movie adaptation, an interview with a Slovak-Dutch soldier, and more foot-and-mouth disease news.

'Dutch' on patrol somewhere in Ukraine

Trading McDonald’s for the front lines

A Slovak-Dutch soldier’s journey from fast-food shifts to Ukraine’s battlefields, driven by prophetic dreams and an unwavering sense of purpose.

Tanya Benito with with moderator James Thomson.
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From Mexico to Slovakia – finding a new life

Tanya Benito’s journey to Slovakia began as a professional opportunity but quickly turned into a life-changing experience.

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