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News digest: Fastest trains between Bratislava and Košice may soon be cancelled

Where most of Slovak cross-border commuters work, iconic railway station reconstructed, and where you can visit a magnesite mine.

News digest: Fico orders secret service to prepare report on May attack against him

The interior minister confirms issues with the online booking system at the Foreigners’ Police.

Smer MP Ľuboš Blaha.

News digest: Pro-Russian MEP goes to Moscow to open 'peace dialogue', apologise

Fastest ice-hockey player in NHL is Slovak, Bratislava ranks above Paris in public transport satisfaction, and what happens when the country fails to counter hybrid threats.

News digest: Central bank chief thought he was off the hook. The judge disagreed

Robert Fico is praised by Moscow, Slovakia can be proud of its manufacturers, and ex-minister Dolinková decides to quit parliament.

Kamil Šaško (r) is the new health minister.
In the centre is the National Council building in Bratislava.

News digest: New survey shows first big 'earthquake' on political scene

List of richest Slovaks has some new faces, clinical death of Slovak healthcare, and popular statue going viral for wrong reasons.

President Peter Pellegrini (fourth from the left) during a meeting with healthcare representatives on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava.

News digest: Pellegrini’s unforeseen warning to Fico, his former mentor

Reasons to visit Stará Ľubovňa, Fico and a hockey star criticise Slovak media, and boating on the pond.

News digest: PM offers 'Slovak hospitality' to lower level peace summit meeting

How a disinformation website fooled Facebook, return of the Be2Can film festival, and what a surprising find in southern Slovakia says about the spread of pottery.

News digest: Two years on, it seems no one has learned from the Zochova bus stop tragedy

A school memorial event for the victims of Tepláreň shooting is cancelled, a thriving Slovak family firm that was built during communism, and Spanish Film Days awaits you.

Slovak National Party MP Peter Kotlár.

News digest: Anti-vaxxer government official wraps up pandemic inquiry with DIY test

PM Fico intimidates journalist, government raises taxes, and how Americans in Slovakia plan to vote in US election.

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News digest: Drugs raids in clubs to continue, schools will be next

The Slovak-English mushroom picking vocabulary, Q&A on the new transaction tax, and a tip on a dance festival.

National Coalition leader Rudolf Huliak (l) and Slovak National Party leader Andrej Danko (r).

News digest: Danko feels the sting of ‘betrayal’ as a hunter pushes for more recognition

Black flags fly at castles, Slovakia’s largest family businesses, and Slovan Bratislava falls to Manchester City.

Flags displayed on a tourist stall, backdropped by the Houses of Parliament and Elizabeth Tower containing the bell know as Big Ben, in London.

News digest: Britain may order extremist back to Slovakia soon

What's new in Slovak science, a Sikh that feels safe in Slovakia, and a tip for a popular art event.

A volunteer helps to clear post-flood debris at Bratislava Zoo.

News digest: Thanks to animal lovers, Bratislava Zoo quickly reopens its gates after flood

Russian propaganda spotted in elementary school, 19 percent of Slovak kids are overweight, and how to bury a man who, on paper, never existed.

Minister of Investments and Regional Development Richard Raši.

News digest: Ministry’s campaign hits a sour note with Russian imagery

An overlooked airfield, ambitious harbour plans, and the mystery of countless bell towers.

Progressive Slovakia MP Lucia Plaváková showing her notebook with stickers that SNS chair Andrej Danko objected to.

News digest: Instead of dealing with VAT, deputy speakers expel MP for stickers on laptop

What connects foreigners with Slovak roots to their heritage, one Iraqi's search for belonging, and a tip on a dancing event.

News digest: Fico claims all is well in coalition family, but is it really?

Tuesday’s press conference marathon and Champions League fever set to sweep through Bratislava.

News digest: For average Slovaks, the electric car dream remains unaffordable

New Slovak passports may have ornaments from an image bank, Slovak tennis player experiencing career surge. Learn more in today's digest.

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News digest: R1 closed for emergency bridge demolition (and no, tanks were not to blame)

Pro-government conspiracy theorist to 'protect' journalists, locals urge PM Fico to halt a battery factory.

News digest: People in Slovak towns rally for change in Culture Ministry leadership

Rising motorway vignette charges, Slovak newlyweds and their ‘Ugly Duck’, and mediaeval secrets.

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