Foreigners in Slovakia, page 25
News and features on living in Slovakia
US firms count on Slovakia
IT MAY seem the economic cooperation between the United States and Slovakia is not as intensive as it used to be since no new foreign direct investments have come to Slovakia in recent years.
US culture in Slovakia
NOBODY can doubt that US culture is strongly represented worldwide and Slovakia is no exception. However, some genres, artists and works of art are not so omnipresent or self-evident so the US Embassy has been taking action and offering support for these less-known aspects of American culture.
Slovakia can be a home to refugees
SLOVAKIA has the potential to offer help to refugees and become a new home.
Democracy only works when people participate
AMERICAN Ambassador Theodore Sedgwick looks back at his five-year term in Slovakia with the feeling of a job well done. In the areas that he has been focusing on, like entrepreneurship, the fight against corruption, or transparency in the judiciary, he says that he witnessed Slovakia move forward, although admitted that there are still some challenges that remain to be tackled.
Protest against immigration moves to Žilina
THE SECOND protest against the influx of migrants to Slovakia will take place in Žilina on July 11, though the European Union has already rejected the mandatory quotas for refugees.
Blog: Maternity wards have a problem with attitude
Maternity wards in the Trnava and Bratislava regions were recently called out for violations of human rights. Were the claims exaggerated? A mother who gave birth both in Canada and Trnava compares.
Interior Ministry still approaches foreigners in Slovak
IN ORDER to avoid endless waiting lines in Bratislava’s Office of the Border and Alien Police, the police called on foreign students to prolong their stay. However, foreigners not speaking Slovak may have difficulty understanding the message because it is in Slovak and the police’s English website has been under construction for years.
Slovakia pushes through the voluntary principle
“A BIG diplomatic victory” – this is how Prime Minister Robert Fico described the results of the June 25-26 European Council summit in Brussels whose participants dropped a proposal to introduce mandatory quotas for resettlement of refugees.
Police call on foreign students to prolong study permits
FOREIGN students should apply for renewal of their temporary residence permits for the purpose of study in advance to avoid long waiting lines, according to a police press release.
Refugee quotas still face stiff opposition
SLOVAKIA continued its opposition to mandatory quotas proposed by the European Commission, which would bring some 785 refugees to the country.
Attacked Saudi family was here for son’s graduation
A FAMILY from Saudi Arabia which was attacked at Bratislava’s main railway station during the June 20 protests against immigration appeared among the demonstrators by accident.
Anti-immigrant protest organisers seek to unite extremists
A PUBLIC protest against immigration held in Bratislava on June 20 that led to violence against both police officers and bystanders showed the power of extremists in Slovakia who have declared their intention to become members of parliament in next year’s election. Observers point out that the protesters were nourished by mass hysteria and fears of Muslim immigrants arriving in Slovakia.
Austrian culture shines bright
WHILE 2014 was a strong year, it was still very much focused on adapting to new premises after the Austrian Cultural Forum in Slovakia (RKF) relocated the year before and organisation is looking to hit its stride in the years ahead.
Slovakia has taken 650 asylum seekers since 1993
SLOVAKIA granted asylum to together 650 people between January 1993 and April 2015, Interior Ministry data published on the occasion of the World Refugee Day (June 20) suggests.
The tenth season for Twin City Liner
After the first trip in 2006 more than one million passengers have taken the voyage by speedy catamaran; it takes 75 minutes to get from Bratislava to the centre of the Austrian capital.
Austrians award Slovak priest
AUSTRIA presented its Leopold Kunschak Prize to Slovak Catholic priest, Salesian Anton Srholec, for his social work and human rights activities during the communist regime.
Capitals connect for music festival
MUSIC festival Waves, which was a twin event as Waves Bratislava and Waves Vienna last year, will this time merge under the brand Waves Central Europe.
Slovakia remains attractive to Austrians
Companies praise the adoption of dual education scheme, point to potential in tourism.
Journalism legend Ari Rath in Bratislava
ONE OF he legends of world journalism, Ari Rath, presented his book Ari Means Lion: Memories at the Austrian Cultural Forum in Bratislava.
Slovak investor eyes Kitzbühl resort
SLOVAK financier Igor Rattaj wants, after Slovak, Czech and Polish mountains, to conquer Austrian ski resorts as well, the iDnes website informed.
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