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Zuzana Palovic speaking with Michael Mojher from California about his eligibility for Slovak citizenship. Global Slovakia offers free daily consultations to Slovak descendants eager to reconnect with their heritage and reclaim their European passport.

Reclaiming your birthright

You may be eligible for an EU passport and not even know it.

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán (left) and Slovak PM Robert Fico.

The terrifying emptiness of Fico’s politics

Fico wants to be like Trump, but he is no Orbán either.

US President Donald Trump and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the CPAC conference in the United States last week.

The age of the bully

Trump and his Slovak admirers are growing ever closer.

Frank Lowy

From a carefree childhood in Fiľakovo to a target of persecution

Football is my great love, but also a memory that takes me back to my father and my childhood in Fiľakovo.

Frank Lowy
MEP Ľuboš Blaha.

“I was an intellectual – then they called me a monster,” MEP Blaha claims

Ľuboš Blaha on politics, Ukraine, LGBT+ rights, multiculturalism, Elon Musk, and more.

Redefining work: Adapting to a fast-changing workplace landscape

Zuzana Rumiz of Manpower examines megatrends reshaping the roles of both the employer and the employee.

Zuzana Rumiz
From left to right: Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán, US President Donald Trump, and Slovak PM Robert Fico

A new world order? Fico and Trump’s national conservatism mirrors Nazism

The autocrat-oligarch alliance has found its ideological home.

Robert Fico

Last Week: ‘I told you so’, Fico proclaims after Trump-Putin chat 

Amid a coalition crisis, Andrej Danko resorts to epistolary politics. 

SNS leader Andrej Danko

Criticism, admiration, and a pledge of loyalty: What Danko wrote to Fico

Letter from SNS leader Andrej Danko to the prime minister.

Martina Slabejová

What will 2025 be like? It’s up to us.

A letter from the leader of AmCham Slovakia.

Martina Slabejová

The importance of Design Education in schools

Design Education, introduced into school curricula over two decades ago, remains relatively unknown outside the education community.

Peter Metcalfe
Daniel Bombic (right) with his attorney David Lindtner.

Last Week: Much ado about one far-right extremist

The ruling Smer party has disturbing links to the indicted neo-Nazi.

Amor Vincit Omnia: Love in action beyond

Love is more than words—it’s action. The IWCB turns love into kindness and support, making a real difference in the lives of those in need.

Eva Staronova

Trends reshaping shared services

How businesses must adapt to thrive in the constantly evolving shared services industry.

Romek Lubaczewski
Rudy Bies was born in Ontario in 1938 to Slovak parents as one of seven brothers and sisters.

How Slovaks built a new home in the Canadian wilderness

Although nearly deserted, Bradlo remains a poignant symbol of the Slovak immigrant experience in Canada between the world wars.

Rudy Bies
Robert Fico shows the man he believes to be behind a coup that he's been talking about for over a week.

Last Week: Fico compares himself to Georgia’s pro-Russian government

Slovakia’s claims of a foreign-backed ‘coup’ plot prompted a response from Ukraine’s military intelligence agency.

Why a hologram might be your next teacher—and that’s not a bad thing

Mária Virčíková of Matsuko explores a future where VR merges with human presence in education and training.

Mária Virčíková
The delivery room during the opening of the new Bory Hospital.

Is childbirth in Slovakia only for the brave?

Inappropriate behaviour from medical staff and lack of support can lead to lasting trauma.

Simona Petrík
PM Robert Fico and his cabinet.

Pulling an old trick, even PM Fico makes a play for snap elections

He's dissecting partners, warming up voters, disrupting opposition.

background of many US dollars banknotes

Trump is under pressure from US tech billionaires to break the “global tax cartel”

Controversial withdrawal sparks debate on fair competition, sovereignty, and tax burdens in a post-GMT world.

Renáta Bláhová
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