Opinion, page 30

There are still things within our control

We can spend a few minutes less each day on our phones and a few more brushing our teeth.

The skyline of Bratislava

Bratislava struggles with non-development

Tibor Lörincz from Tatra Banka takes a closer look at the particular problem Bratislava is facing when it comes to real estate development.

A jab with your groceries? It’s time to make vaccination even easier

The anti-vax louts do not represent the hesitant any more than hooligans represent all football fans.

"Vaccination terror" reads one of the banners.

A nation in love with conspiracy theories?

You cannot use a pandemic to score political points any more than you can use a tsunami.

Bratislava

Adjustments on local level may make all the difference in coping with climate change

You can’t fix the problem if you don’t know what the problem is.

UK Ambassador to Slovakia Nigel Baker

UK Ambassador: Britons in Slovakia are a resilient community

Life is as it was before Brexit for British nationals in Slovakia once they've got their documents sorted.

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Sme Rodina leader Boris Kollár (right) and Health Minister Vladimír Lengvarský (OĽaNO nominee).

The tested and the vaccinated will be treated the same. Coalition passes a Delta compromise

MPs pass a law with mild advantages for the vaccinated, but vaccination will be required to see the Pope live.

The Office of the Public Defender of Rights flies the rainbow flag to mark the Bratislava Pride in 2021.

The pandemic has made it clear that we must stand together

International friends and partners of Slovakia celebrate Bratislava Pride.

People queuing in front of the vaccination centre in Bratislava, May 15

Another wave of pandemic politics is upon us

Slovakia has not yet tried the most effective way to incentivise vaccinations.

Change is constant at the borders, but new rules still favour the vaccinated

Only the biggest ones leave like this. If only it didn't hurt the rest of us so badly. Slovakia remembers deceased actor Milan Lasica.

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Massive storms affected the Southern Moravia region in the southeast of the Czech Republic. The area along the Slovak border was hit the hardest.

This is what a crisis looks like

Weather extremes will cost us ever more resources that could otherwise be invested elsewhere.

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Surprise! When people work less, they feel better

If only democracies included some institution capable of regulating finance in a way that benefits most people.

Police patrols returned to the border crossings, but not everybody is happy.

Slovakia and its hindrances: court blocks referendum, people block border crossings

MPs will try to amend the Constitution, while the state decided to reopen smaller crossings after the protests.

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Amazon acts like a Mafia boss in a film

The Wall Street Journal reported on the offers one can't refuse.

EU Digital Covid Certificate is the document the vaccinated will need when crossing borders in the EU.

Benefits, restrictions, lottery: State gets creative about vaccination at the last minute before Delta

Slovak authorities accelerate their vaccination efforts in various ways, but not all coalition partners are onboard.

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Moving beyond the “Moderate Innovator” category

Andrej Kurucz talks about the opportunities available at the EU level to boost the innovation and research activities of Slovak companies.

Vaccination rollout turns into a race against Delta

Authorities worry about the low vaccine uptake in Slovakia as new information about the new variant adds to concerns.

The Allianz Arena in Munich

UEFA isn’t apolitical, they are just politically inept

The real question is not whether Munich should or should not light its stadium with rainbow lights.

Marian Kocner and his lawyer at the Supreme Court

The wrong way to put things right

Overturning not-guilty verdicts, especially in cases as emotive as the Kuciak murder trial, is a very bad idea.

Marian Kočner in Supreme Court during the appellate proceeding in the Kuciak murder trial.

A retrial of the Kuciak case could sway people’s trust in the justice system

Slovakia breathes a collective sigh of relief as Kočner is stripped of his not-guilty verdict – for now.

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