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Jana Maškarová, pictured during a press conference in Bratislava on January 27, 2025,.

Slovakia gets its first female national police chief

Jana Maškarová was appointed the country's first female vice-president of police in 2018; she fell out with a previous police chief and has faced accusations of leaking information, which she denies.

The delivery room during the opening of the new Bory Hospital.

Is childbirth in Slovakia only for the brave?

Inappropriate behaviour from medical staff and lack of support can lead to lasting trauma.

Simona Petrík
Visualisation of the TU-BA venue

Developers-funded platform on Bratislava’s vision raises concerns, said Bratislava borough mayor

Karlova Ves’ Mayor Dana Čahojová is critical about the new discussion site TU-BA.

News digest: Smer names new ‘enemy of the state’ – a Georgian man fighting Russia

Slovakia moves to expel a Ukrainian citizen over allegations of a coup plot.

Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) gestures during a press conference on the topic "Constitutional Barrier Against Progressivism" in Bratislava on Monday, January 27, 2025.

PM Fico unveils plan to rewrite Slovakia’s constitution

The prime minister is challenging the principle that EU law takes precedence over national legislation.

The reconstruction of an old railway bridge in Trenčín, western Slovakia, has officially started.
Maroš Buchel
Slovakia is grappling with a labour shortage that cuts across industries.

Hiring foreign talent in Slovakia? These two routes make it easier

With ICT permits and mobility schemes, firms gain access to their global talent pool.

Happy woman smiling at the camera while sitting in a yoga studio with her class in the background. Cheerful young fitness coach having an exercise session with her class in a yoga studio.

3 things to do in Bratislava for free in the next seven days

Celebrate International Human Fraternity Day in Stará Tržnica or join morning yoga conducted in English.

There are a wide variety trees in Slovakia and a rich phraseology to go with them.

Strong as a beech, thin as a poplar

Trees provide a rich background for all kinds of Slovak sayings.

Conrad Toft
PM Robert Fico and his cabinet.

Pulling an old trick, even PM Fico makes a play for snap elections

He's dissecting partners, warming up voters, disrupting opposition.

Towards Veľká Javorina

Inversion turned hiking the Veľká Javorina Hill into magical experience

Part of the adventure was a climb up to an abandoned military tower.

Female Black Widow Latrodectus hesperus introduced from California to Ružomberok, northern Slovakia.

Venomous Black Widow detected in Slovakia for the first time in history

A female spider arrived in Slovakia in a package with machine parts from California.

Robbie Williams.
Kristína Kúdelová
The Slovak parliament.

News digest: Chances of snap election up, even PM seems to be preparing

Black Widow spider for the first time in Slovakia, a scientist slash stand-up comedian on blending science and humour, and an interview with Robbie Williams.

Christopher Sanders.

His grandmother asked him to do good things for Slovakia. And so he tries

Christopher Sanders is a first generation American.

The logo of Všeobecná zdravotná poisťovňa (VšZP), Slovakia’s largest public health insurer, stands on the door,

Health insurer targeted by cyberattack as PM points fingers

VšZP says its systems are secure after a DoS attack.

Bombic

News digest: Slovakia brings back its most notorious export

PM Fico has a new target - this time, it’s not Zelensky but a French guy. Meanwhile, his interior minister is in hot water.

A group of suspected neo-Nazis in Bratislava is alleged to be carrying out attacks on people.
The highest cross-country skiing trails in Slovakia, located on the Čertovica mountain pass.
Nuussuaq district in Nuuk, the capital of Greenland, with the Sermitsiaq mountain in the background.

“Can you imagine a war between NATO allies? Putin would laugh.”

Danes and Slovaks react to Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland.

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