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Slovakia’s gas chief resigns after two years marked by pro-Russian stance
Vojtech Ferencz warns on Russian television that Slovakia’s gas utility could go bankrupt.
Bratislava housing completions hit 22-year low
Housing completions across Slovakia fell sharply in Q2 2025, with the steepest decline in Bratislava.
Many Slovaks unable to afford a decent meal, country ranks worst in Europe
Low incomes, high prices leave Slovaks struggling.
Employment relations in Slovakia
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How subsidies built an empire of trucks, barns, and fake guesthouses
Once showered with millions from the Agricultural Paying Agency, companies are now in decline.
Labour market in Slovakia (online content of Career Guide)
Exploring Slovak labour market trends and human resources in the wider EU context.
Ministers clash over gambling reform
Plan to expand state casinos and strip councils of veto rights sparks claims of lobbying, moral outrage and constitutional concerns.
Where to enjoy halušky: Slovakia’s top-rated kolibas
You can find them in Orava, the Tatras and Muráň.
Slovakia’s debt servicing costs surge to record high
The country has already spent more than €1bn on interest payments this year, as high deficits and rising rates put pressure on public finances.
Slovakia’s first burčiak of 2025 goes on sale
Winemakers anticipate stronger harvest after poor yields in recent years, with tradition-bound drink available until December.
For the few, not the many: Who can still afford a new flat in Bratislava?
More than half of the new flats in Bratislava are priced above €6,000 per square metre.
Slovakia brings in “law against laziness”
Benefits will be stopped for unemployed people who refuse jobs or training but critics say the poorest families will suffer.
Slovakia will launch Bratislava–Košice air link with Wizz Air
Hungary’s Wizz Air to operate daily flights on long-discussed east–west route as government caps fares and pledges subsidies until 2028.
Kia launches EV production in Slovakia as Ceed era ends
Kia has begun building its first fully electric car in Europe.
French investor plans major solar expansion in Slovakia
Slovakia’s renewable energy capacity is about to grow with two new solar projects.
The Slavia air rifle: A Cold War export that outlived the regime
Some of the model lines were exported even to the West.
Tender rules helped Slovak builder turn subsidies into millions
Jaroslav Molda’s firms boomed on farm-subsidy projects, sometimes facing only each other in tenders.
Slovakia pushes ahead with long-delayed motorway to Poland
Three-section D3 project to begin this year after tender wrangles, but completion remains distant.
He started with magazines on a bicycle. Now he sells 600,000 books a year.
Richard Simonics once pedalled Hungarian newspapers across southern Slovakia. With his brother, he built Foni Book into a leading publisher.
Conditions for self-employed foreigners to change
Health Insurance Act to be amended.
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