Foreigners in Slovakia, page 23
News and features on living in Slovakia
Blog: Living library to highlight Bratislava Week of Volunteering
This year for the first time, Bratislava Volunteer Center is organising the Bratislava week of volunteering from September 28 to October 3.
Italians check out the Tatra region
A DELEGATION from the Italian town of Bassano del Grappa visited the northern-Slovak city of Poprad in March to explore the city and region and look at the possibility of cooperation in tourism.
Incubator opened to help start-ups
A NEW Hungarian-Slovak incubator, Pócsmegyer, which will support micro as well as small and medium-sized start-ups, is up and running from September 2015.
Maccaferri to build plant in Senica
THE MACCAFERRI Central Europe company which specialises in production of gabions ( wire mesh rectangles filled with stones) and developing comprehensive technological solutions in construction, has started to build a new facility near Senica.
Relations of Slovaks and Americans are firmer than it seems
AS I traveled around Slovakia this summer, I found that many people are unfamiliar with the amazing depth and breadth of US-Slovak relations, and how dramatically these relations have grown since the days when the Cold War separated us.
The riverbank where Aurelius wrote
IN TERRA QUADORUM AD GRANUAM. These words can be found in the first chapter of the famous To Myself meditations that Roman Marcus Aurelius wrote in the 2nd century.
More Slovaks are mastering Italian
IN ADDITION to the widely-known advantages Slovakia can offer to new investors coming here, like a skilled labour force and a strategic location, Italians are also attracted by the growing number of Slovaks speaking Italian.
Italian Culture in Slovakia: new energies in contemporary art
ITALIAN culture has been strongly represented historically in Slovakia, from ancient times on. However, time does not stand still, and apart from more classical genres and artworks, also the most contemporary streams and trends are imported.
Blog: Fear is dictating Slovakia's actions towards refugees
When faced with the attitude towards refugees in Slovakia, one Canadian tries to understand where that attitude is coming from.
Blog: At last, the bright, sunlit uplands?
It’s not been a bad summer for Slovakia.
SEWS leaves Slovakia for Romania, buying the land under the plant
JAPANESE supplier for the automotive industry, SEWS Slovakia, ended its production in Topoľčany at the end of July, leaving the country for Romania.
Japanese firms seek ‘after-care service’
COUNTRIES of the central and eastern European region still remain attractive for Japanese investors and serve as a kind of entrance gate to European markets.
State Opera Banská Bystrica got Japanese Ambassador’s Award
THE STATE Opera in the city of Banská Bystrica (ŠOBB) received the award from the Japanese Ambassador to Slovakia, for its cooperation with the latter country.
Korean companies are still coming
GOOD location, stability and human resources are among the main reasons Korean investors come to Slovakia.
Turčianske Teplice looking for engineering investment
THE SPA town of Turčianske Teplice will see engineering revived after several years.
Harmony of the unexpected
EVEN cultures and lifestyles perceived as exotic can have some meeting points; or they can have differences that complement one another wonderfully. Those willing to explore this phenomenon can, for example, get a taste of Korean culture – both traditional and modern – as it is richly represented in Slovakia.
Classical music, sports, films, pop-culture – Japan has it all
TRADITIONAL Japanese theatre, dance, gastronomy – these have all been presented to Slovaks within the endeavour to keep and enhance mutual exchange. It turns out, however, that the culture of “the country of the rising sun” still has much more to offer and to be explored and discovered.
“From Bratislava with Love” invites foreigners
THE BYE-BYE Summer party takes place on the last Friday in August, with the theme of this InterNations event being “James Bond”. Thus, visitors are encouraged to arrive dressed in Hollywood style, like a secret agent, a Bond girl or a villain.
Skalica typical pastry “trdelník” is a hit in South Korea
TWO young men, a Slovak and a Czech, who got scholarships for study in South Korea, launched a non-typical business there – the special cake characteristic of the western-Slovak region of Skalica, called trdelník.
Sungwoo Hitech will expand production in Žilina
THE SOUTH Korean company Sungwoo Hitech plans to build and operate a new production facility in Žilina, aimed at manufacturing components for the automobile industry.
- Slovakia’s labour market falters as migration policy falls behind EU neighbours
- Hundreds of people ousted from Bratislava’s Volkswagen
- They left Bratislava for a better life. What they found was loneliness and gravel roads
- Slovak scientists help tear down two objections to Jurassic Park premise
- Bratislava is hiding secrets – this weekend is your rare chance to uncover them
- News digest: Next to no chance of next Pope being Slovak, here's why
- Hiring a worker in Slovakia now costs more, even without a pay rise
- Zoos are empty, farms are quiet, and a virus has shaken a nation
- Slovak scientists help tear down two objections to Jurassic Park premise
- Slovakia’s labour market falters as migration policy falls behind EU neighbours
- Ambulance hit by Russian drone goes on display in centre of Bratislava
- They left Bratislava for a better life. What they found was loneliness and gravel roads
- Slovakia’s public finances remain in deep trouble
- Perk, Trnava: “Stylish, affordable, and seriously tasty” – restaurant review
- News digest: Police linked to Fico gunman video leak – minister accused of cover-up
- Bratislava is hiding secrets – this weekend is your rare chance to uncover them
- Ambulance hit by Russian drone goes on display in centre of Bratislava
- Perk, Trnava: “Stylish, affordable, and seriously tasty” – restaurant review
- Bratislava’s embassy-backed events you don’t want to miss
- Slovakia’s public finances remain in deep trouble
- Slovak scientists help tear down two objections to Jurassic Park premise
- Slovakia’s labour market falters as migration policy falls behind EU neighbours
- News digest: Police linked to Fico gunman video leak – minister accused of cover-up
- Slovakia mourns Pope Francis, a shepherd of hope and humility Photo
- Ambulance hit by Russian drone goes on display in centre of Bratislava
- “Return not,” the ocean cried. But I returned for her
- 3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
- Hundreds of people ousted from Bratislava’s Volkswagen
- Perk, Trnava: “Stylish, affordable, and seriously tasty” – restaurant review
- US giant pulls plug on Slovak factory, axing 137 jobs
- Bratislava’s embassy-backed events you don’t want to miss
- The British Film Institute shines a light on Slovak cinema’s boldest chapter Video
- Zoos are empty, farms are quiet, and a virus has shaken a nation
- News digest: Next to no chance of next Pope being Slovak, here's why
- Bratislava is hiding secrets – this weekend is your rare chance to uncover them
- Hiring a worker in Slovakia now costs more, even without a pay rise
- They left Bratislava for a better life. What they found was loneliness and gravel roads
- Slovak scientists help tear down two objections to Jurassic Park premise
- News digest: Police linked to Fico gunman video leak – minister accused of cover-up
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