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Across Slovakia, the underground trade in homemade cakes and pastries is thriving.

Sweet but illegal: Home bakers are sidestepping the law

Homemade cakes may taste like tradition, but an unregulated baking boom is estimated to cost the state millions in lost taxes.

Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár delivering a speech at the "Slovak Republic and Slovaks Abroad 2024" conference at the Foreign Ministry in Bratislava on October 24, 2024.

Slovakia slammed in secret UN letter over human rights rollback

Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár has downplayed the significance of the letter.

Slovakia's unemployment rate

Slovakia’s labour market is thriving. But its workers are stuck.

As agriculture and industry decline, services are driving job growth.

The Old Town Hall venue in Bratislava's centre.

3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days

Discover more about Austria during a special event or enjoy choirs from around the world on the Bratislava Spring Festival.

Ostrý Vrch hill, southern Slovakia

Could this hilltop hold a mediaeval castle?

Archaeologists uncover clues that could reveal a mediaeval stronghold near Šurice.

Samuel Migaľ (back) and Radomír Šalitroš (front).

News digest: Robert Fico's gvt has new minister and with him new first

Small Slovak satellite doing big things in space, interesting Gothic history of Zvolen, and no money for iconic monument.

The YMCA building in Bratislava.

No money to iconic YMCA building in Bratislava from Culture Ministry

Fundraiser launched to once again repair leaking roof.

Construction of the skytepark at Kuchajda lake.
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Bratislava’s Nové Mesto will soon have its own skatepark, on Kuchajda lake

The construction of the skatepark is complete, finishing works will follow.

Visualisation of GRBBeta in space. The small satelite is a successor to the world’s smallest astrophysics space observatory, GRBAlpha – the first CubeSat to detect a gamma-ray burst (GRB) from space. It was built by Slovak company Spacemanic.

Small cube doing big things: Slovak satellite makes waves in astrophysics

Cubesat is a testing bed for future constellation.

Zvolen

The Gothic roots of Zvolen

Hares parade a hunter tied to a pole in this unusual gothic painting.

Branislav Chovan
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