Foreigners in Slovakia, page 24
News and features on living in Slovakia
Hotel Sojka lures tourists from Benelux
TOURISM in Slovakia is not developing in a good direction according to Belgian Gerdi Vanfleteren who opened his Sojka hotel in Liptov region in 2004.
Belgian businesses gauge local setting
THE OVERALL business environment is one of the crucial criterion on which companies decide whether to invest in a country or not.
Dutch journalists learned about Košice as attractive destination
CITY of Košice drew the attention of more than 80 Dutch journalists and bloggers in spring 2015, when a March presentation in Amsterdam, within the European City Breaks 2015, showed it as an interesting destination.
Belgium still has a presence in Slovakia
THOUGH the Belgian embassy in Slovakia closed its doors in July, the Belgian trade commission, which helps businesses import more efficiently to Slovakia, is staying in the country.
Belgian Embassy in Slovakia wound up
BELGIAN Ambassador to Slovakia, Christian Lepage, ended his mission in Slovakia in July. With the outgoing ambassador, also the operation of the whole representation office in Bratislava ends.
Dutch investors still watch Slovakia
THE NETHERLANDS is a country making foreign investments, with Dutch investors still seeking new markets, and the region of central and eastern Europe is still in their focus.
Belgian dance group performs on Danube embankment
THERE surely are events involving Belgian artists and performers taking place in Slovakia, but not that many bringing such a huge troupe as the Dance Theatre Aglaja.
Dutch culture invites Slovaks – and comes to them
“THE GROWING co-operation between The Netherlands and Slovakia in the field of culture can be seen as an excellent tool,” Dutch Ambassador to Slovakia, Richard van Rijssen, told The Slovak Spectator.
Roma band to play for Rudolf Perina, US Chargé d’affaires
THE US CHARGÉ d’affaires in Slovakia, Rudolf Perina, is to visit the municipality of Moldava nad Bodvou, in eastern Slovakia, on August 13.
Blog: Behindhand benefits of stairs
A MOM with young kids has bemoaned the lack of elevators in old apartment buildings in Slovakia, losing her sanity many a time on the long trek up to the third floor. But, she finds out, there is a positive result, though it took years to see it.
It would be short-sighted not to show solidarity
MIGRATION and refugees will certainly be on the plate of the Dutch and the Slovaks during their 2016 presidencies, but that should not overshadow other important challenges Europe is facing nowadays, says Dutch Ambassador to Slovakia, Richard van Rijssen.
Slovakia has changed for the better
GERMANY is the most important foreign partner of Slovakia in the long term; and vice versa – Slovakia belongs among the top 20 foreign partners of Germany, speakers at the celebrations of the 10th anniversary of the Slovak-German Trade and Industry Chamber (SNOPK) said.
German bilingual school in Poprad has successful graduates after 25 years
THE BILINGUAL section of the Associated School on Dominik Tatarka Street in Poprad can boast several successful graduates who have bright careers also thanks to the secondary school they attended.
Cooperation with Germany still untapped
EVEN after 20 years Germany still remains the most important business partner of Slovakia and one of its biggest foreign investors.
Germany as you may not know it
THE GERMAN language has been strongly present historically in Slovakia – be it thanks to one of its neighbours, Austria, or the influx of German settlers to the country throughout the ages.
Slovakia to take refugees from Austria
INTERIOR Minister Robert Kaliňák and his Austrian counterpart Johanna Mikl-Leitner signed a memorandum based on which Slovakia will temporarily accept 500 asylum seekers from the Traiskirchen refugee camp.
Blog: Hop on a taxi in the street - and pay more
THE EXPERIENCE of getting a taxi without calling the cab company first probably ranks among the first mistakes anyone new to Bratislava will make.
Slegers: Setting global standards with TTIP
WHILE there are no major investments by new companies in Slovakia to point to, what is actually happening is a significant across-the-board expansion of the vast majority of investors who are already established in Slovakia, says Jake Slegers, the executive director of AmCham in Slovakia.
US concern buys Zvolen dairy
ZVOLENSKÁ Mliekareň, a dairy in Zvolen, has been acquired by the US company Schreiber Foods from Senoble, its previous owner.
Roma children try photography
COMMEMORATING International Roma Day, children from the Slovak village of Vtáčkovce, in Košice Region in eastern Slovakia, exhibited their photographs in the University Library in Bratislava.
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