Foreigners in Slovakia

News and features on living in Slovakia

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, welcomes Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, February 26, 2024.

France and Slovakia: Believing, loving, and working together

Since Slovakia’s independence, France has stood alongside it.

Nicolas Suran
Celebrating the first issue at The Slovak Spectator’s office near Bratislava’s main railway station.

Then … Now

Some things never change.

Daniel J. Stoll
Oscar Brophy, the author of the piece you are about to read.

The joke’s on me

Trying to build an English-language comedy scene in Bratislava was a ridiculous idea. So of course, I had to do it.

Mykola Nevrev has been living in Bratislava for 13 years.

In a Bratislava bakery, a blender scarred by a Russian missile is a daily reminder of war

Ukrainian baker Mykola Nevrev, co-owner of Bloom Bakery, supports an organisation baking thousands of loaves for those in need back home.

Kamila Šebestová
Jérôme Texier moved to Slovakia for love and built a career at Orange Business.

From La Rochelle to Bratislava: A Frenchman’s mission

Jérôme Texier left France for love, but in Slovakia he found a professional mission and a home.

From left to right: Anastasia Tsarenko, Wilson Bol, Taylor Húska

They arrived for work, study, and love – now they call Slovakia home

Three foreigners talk about life in the country.

Tímea Krauszová
Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok in parliament.

Court orders release of Tajik man called terrorist by interior minister

Police acted neither correctly, nor effectively, court says.

Director of Studia Academica Slovaca, Michaela Mošaťová, during the opening of the Slovak language and culture summer school, Studia Academica Slovaca, in Bratislava on July 31, 2023.

Inspired by foreigners, Professor leads centre improving Slovak language education for them

Associate Professor Michaela Mošaťová says there is no officially specified qualification for lecturers of Slovak as a foreign language.

Life situations for which foreigners do not need to make an appointment.

Foreigners’ Police postpones weekend opening, announces extended hours

Plans to open the Bratislava office on January 25 have been postponed.

Denise St. Peter feeling festive with the visiting family members (second from the right)

Season’s reflection: holiday recollections from across the globe

The holiday season is a time of warmth, connection, and cherished traditions. Let us ponder the festive times.

Eva Staronova
An employee operates the assembly line for the Land Rover Defender model at the Jaguar Land Rover production plant in Nitra on October 25, 2023.

Government casts wider net for foreign workers

Changes should make it easier to employ foreigners, but integration and motivation to stay remain a challenge.

This summer, dozens of friends and relatives from abroad made the journey out to eastern Slovakia for a celebration. (Reader, I married her!)

Slovakia’s blessings

Slovakia certainly has its problems, but those of us who live here can count ourselves very lucky that we do.

Smolenice in winter.

Protect the wilderness

Whether I am riding, or walking with my dogs, I regularly see deer or mouflon scattering through the woods.

An Irish/British TV sitcom from the 90s called “Father Ted”.

It doesn’t have to be like this

Imagine if Slovakia was a nightclub.

"Dreams do not come here to die. Instead they scale down, shave off the frills, economize."

Slovakia as the Great Compromise

Slovakia is the rose that peers from the landfill mountain, thriving in the miasma.

Bolt app to drop foreign-plated taxis as Slovakia enforces new rules in January 2025.

Slovakia to ban taxis with foreign plates from January

Foreigners can still be taxi drivers.

A support centre for Ukrainians in Košice, November 28, 2022.

Košice takes first steps towards integration as foreign population grows

The Slovak city unveils a strategy to support its 22,000 foreign residents.

The Bridge

The Bridge on Air: Nasi

The Bridge on Air is a series of podcasts, in which foreigners are interviewed and share their impressions about their life in Slovakia.

November 2024 is when Nicholas received his Slovak passport.

Patience brings roses: My path to Slovak citizenship

100 years later, a great-grandson’s return to the old country.

Nicholas Rando
Slovakia's Foreigners' Police HQ on Ružinovská Street in Bratislava.

Slovak MP criticises inaction on Foreigners’ Police system failures

Zuzana Števulová highlighted growing frustration with the Foreigners’ Police.

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