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A procession during Košice City Days last year.
Prepadnutý kaštieľ, or “Sunken Manor”, a ruin so obscure that few Želiezovce locals even know it exists.

A cursed manor might be hiding in a forest. No one’s sure what it is

In southern Slovakia, bricks and whispered legends are all that remain of a mystery that has resisted history’s grasp.

Prime Minister Robert Fico addressed students at the Oxford Union in May 2013.

UPDATED: Premier Fico to deliver Oxford Union speech during unofficial UK visit

This will be Robert Fico’s second appearance at the elite debating society.

Coalition parties chairs from left: Matúš Šutaj Eštok (Hlas), Robert Fico (Smer) and Andrej Danko (SNS).

News digest: Potentially another coalition broil in making

Two weeks' worth of fun in Košice, list of recovery plan investments Slovakia will fail to accomplish. Learn more in today's digest.

Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenický

Slovakia keeps A+ rating – for now – as global woes cloud future

S&P maintains strong rating but sounds alarm over global uncertainties and car industry risks.

NBS Governor Peter Kažimír.

Last Week: Slovakia’s central bank governor still faces bribery case verdict

A judge decides that the amended Criminal Code does not give Peter Kažimír a pass. 

Al Pillar (left) projects a Hitchcockian intensity as he directs a scene.

From teaching in Bratislava to filmmaking: Al Pillar’s journey to "Symphony of Strangers"

Bratislava could be the backdrop for the Briton’s next creative venture.

Kuchajda lake, in Bratislava's Nové Mesto borough.

Running around another Bratislava lake is about to get more enjoyable

Nové Mesto is also upgrading amenities to improve the swimming season.

A Slovak railway track.

Still waiting: Slovak-Austrian rail project faces more delays and cost overruns

Delays, flooding and unexpected discoveries have pushed projected completion of a revamp to the Bratislava-Vienna line back to late 2025.

Convicted deal makers in the Slovak healthcare sector

Opaque deals, conflicts of interest, and weak oversight plague Slovakia's healthcare system.

Renáta Bláhová
Team PURA: Anna Podmanická  from Slovakia and Tomáš Čermák from Czechia.

Slovak and Czech teen duo awarded the Global Earth Prize 2025

A selection of short feel-good stories from Slovakia.

Prelika in Prešov

They distilled for over a century — now Prešov’s last spirit maker is no more

Prelika is shuttered as two western rivals take over its spirits and mustard lines.

Carnival at the centre of Bratislava

Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners

Take a ride on bus from 1950s, see the life history at the city centre and run together with mayor.

Smer MP Marián Kéry

MP who condemned plagiarism now faces allegations of copying his own university thesis

Smer’s Marián Kéry says he ‘consulted’ classmate before submitting near-identical university thesis.

Anna Netrebko  (left) and Zuzana Ťapáková (right)

News digest: National Theatre boss brands protest against pro-Putin singer 'primitive'

PM Fico signals financial transaction tax changes. President Pellegrini vetoes the Covid-19 amnesty.

A still from the symbolic opening of the gates of Bratislava.
A maypole stands tall in front of the municipal office in Michaľany, Trebišov district, on 1 May 2022.

Changing traditions of the maypole

Is the maypole a symbol of what some say?

Branislav Chovan
A foreign resident in Bratislava has found himself at the centre of an unexpected media storm after a second-hand sale was mistaken for a drug deal in a widely viewed Slovak TV report.

News digest: No crime, no threat, just foreign

A farm boy turned inventor, a horse video that went viral, and why to stop by the Culture Ministry on Friday.

Promenáda shopping mall in Nitra

Beaten for speaking Ukrainian: foreign students terrorised in Slovak city

Shocking attacks in university town of Nitra leave students terrified to speak their mother tongue.

Palaeontologist Peter Vršanský

Slovak scientists help tear down two objections to Jurassic Park premise

Just don't expect cloned dinosaurs to appear any time soon.

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