Foreigners in Slovakia
News and features on living in Slovakia
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The most frequently asked question they have to answer is: Why on Earth would anyone choose Slovakia over Italy?
Alan Craig’s diverse skillset and hankering for adventure have led him down interesting paths in Slovakia and beyond.
Many know her as Les, which means forest in Slovak. Olesia Paskarenko planned on becoming a landscape architect. Her plans changed a few years ago.
Bratislava’s mayor is right that integration is a two-way street, but even the capital still has some way to go to see foreigners as residents rather than just visitors.
The million-dollar question the state and towns can hardly answer.
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Addy Akram speaks about how he became a local politician in eastern Slovakia and why foreigners should vote in Slovakia.
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Bratislava Mayor Matúš Vallo addressed the questions and concerns of foreigners in Bratislava during a special Q&A.
The latest Focus poll unveils how an ideal foreigner looks to Slovaks, and if Slovakia can ever become a home to foreigners.
Finding a new home in Slovakia.
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In addition to reciting Sohrab Sepehri, stand-up comedian Nastaran "Nasi" Alaghmandan Motlagh speaks about the fjúžn festival and the period in her life when her family left Iran and moved to Slovakia.
Most foreign workers come from Ukraine.
The Slovak Spectator brings you the set of the most frequently asked questions with regard to buying and selling real estate in Slovakia.
The Slovak Spectator brings you the set of the most frequently asked questions with regard to renting an apartment in Slovakia.
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The organisation’s mission had not changed over the decades, says current head.
The majority of foreigners who came to work in Slovakia have a different profession, a recent IOM survey suggests.
A new memoir recounts an American teenager’s year of romance and heartbreak in Slovakia during the country’s fledgling independence.
On June 14 the ministry expanded the group of people entitled for vaccination.
Children often help improve mixed couples' relationship with their relatives.
IOM’s Migration Information Centre, which also offers free Slovak language courses to migrants, celebrates 15 years.
The pandemic also affects foreigners and the services provided by the IOM migration centre.
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- 1. News digest: Part of Slovakia in the worst possible colour of European Covid map
- 2. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 3,456 new cases confirmed (graphs)
- 3. Parents did not want them to speak Slovak, but “totally Americanised” old boys are giving it a try
- 4. In a rich English family, she had to shower an eight-year-old. What followed surprised her even more
- 5. Discover one of Slovakia’s best-preserved and most imposing castles
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- 9. Some petrol stations report a shortage of fluid for diesel engines. Minister says no cars will have to remain parked
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- 2. Coronavirus in Slovakia: 3,456 new cases confirmed (graphs)
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