Nice Driveway!, page 2
An occasional column on life in Slovakia by James Thomson.
Why would you hate President Čaputová?
Ukraine war derangement syndrome continues to ravage some in the intellectual classes.
Seven stages of buying a flat in Slovakia
The Slovak property market is like a swimming pool full of confused sharks.
In Slovak academia, it doesn’t pay to be proved right
What supervising an undergraduate thesis taught me about how the system works (or doesn’t).
Ukrainians are fighting for us in more ways than we realise
Our neighbours continued to suffer while we enjoyed the Easter holiday. What has Slovakia learned?
There goes the neighbourhood
The parallels between Russia’s approach to Ukraine and Hitler’s to Czechoslovakia in 1938 are uncanny.
Not all the losses inflicted by the pandemic can be tabulated
There is no moral to this tale, other than to cherish those you love.
A day in the life of the Slovak internet
Our capacity for indignation – or compassion – seems exhausted just when we need it most.
Slovakia has its own 'tinfoil hat' punchline
Should we pity or fear those who see the world through the distorting lens of the conspiracy media?
What is it with Slovakia and general prosecutors?
After a deceptively serene transition last year, the heartbreak has resumed.
Who would have thought flying could be made any more miserable
The coronavirus, like the 9/11 hijackers, has excelled its forerunners in sheer deviousness.
The wrong way to put things right
Overturning not-guilty verdicts, especially in cases as emotive as the Kuciak murder trial, is a very bad idea.
Few places do fresh air and "nothing" better than Slovakia
A change in the weather and – finally! – a lifting of restrictions prompts James Thomson to take his chances in the Slovak countryside.
When feelings count for more than lives
Why are Slovaks still dying in horrific numbers from a preventable disease?
Hall of mirrors
What Slovak politicians mean when they say sebareflexia.
Surviving, so far as we can tell
Does anyone understand Slovakia’s pandemic rules any more?
It was a long time ago and it never happened anyway
How much of the present will be intelligible through the kaleidoscopic lens of digital media in just a few years – or even months?
What do you want for Christmas?
A vaccine would be nice. But a state that inspires trust would be the gift that keeps on giving.
Secret votes and public lies
There are uncanny echoes today of Slovakia’s agonies over its choice of chief prosecutor ten years ago.
Pity the nation
Americans’ choice of president on November 3 will affect Slovaks too.
Congratulations, you’ve won a thousand euros!
Slovakia will get about €7.5 billion – but for what?
- Pay to play?
- Poprad, 'capital' of the High Tatras, named in top European destinations ranking
- Slovakia misses out on key VW electric car investment
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- Bratislava looks to rental plans amid affordable housing squeeze
- Wayside shrines of Slovakia
- News digest: 'Dear Kaja' Fico responds dismissively to EU over his Moscow visit
- Escape from the Slovak depression: Is housing in Austria worthwhile?
- Pay to play?
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- Poprad, 'capital' of the High Tatras, named in top European destinations ranking
- News digest: 'Dear Kaja' Fico responds dismissively to EU over his Moscow visit
- Slovakia misses out on key VW electric car investment
- Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners
- UK appoints Bilal Zahid as new ambassador to Slovakia
- Wayside shrines of Slovakia
- Pay to play?
- News digest: PM Fico seeks alternative route to Moscow after Baltic states deny airspace access
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- Wayside shrines of Slovakia
- ‘Appeasement emboldens dictators’: Ukraine’s ambassador on Russia, memory and war
- Slovak property prices rise at fastest pace since 2022 as cities lead recovery
- Slovakia set to clash with Sweden on Ice Hockey World Championship first day
- Weekend: Locomotives, concerts, Quidditch and more fun Photo
- News digest: PM Fico seeks alternative route to Moscow after Baltic states deny airspace access
- Pay to play?
- He thought his family died in the Holocaust. Then a phone call changed everything.
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- Coming home to a place you’ve never been
- Slovakia misses out on key VW electric car investment
- Fico to meet Putin in Moscow, defying EU’s united front on Ukraine
- Slovak property prices rise at fastest pace since 2022 as cities lead recovery
- UK appoints Bilal Zahid as new ambassador to Slovakia
- News digest: 'Dear Kaja' Fico responds dismissively to EU over his Moscow visit
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- Former Cardinal Prevost was set to visit Košice and Levoča. Will he come as Pope?
- Poprad, 'capital' of the High Tatras, named in top European destinations ranking
- Weekend: Locomotives, concerts, Quidditch and more fun Photo
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