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Life situations for which foreigners do not need to make an appointment.

Foreigners’ Police postpones weekend opening, announces extended hours

Plans to open the Bratislava office on January 25 have been postponed.

"Slovakia is Europe" protest in Bratislava

Fico looks to Orbán but can’t tame the streets 

Fico is attempting to intimidate protest organisers or provoke violence.

Matúš Alexa with a crew from Russian television in January 2025

Pro-Russian group urges supporters to prepare for a nationwide “cleansing”

Brat za brata also advocates for Slovakia’s withdrawal from the EU.

The WeSb1 planetary nebula. The regions in red are hydrogen, while oxygen is represented by blue and green colours. The picture was taken from the NOT and INT telescopes on the Canary Islands. The central star of the nebula can be seen slighty above the middle of the picture.

Slovak astronomer helps discover star destroying its system

Observations from High Tatras helped new study.

Production of malt in Heineken Slovensko Sladovne.

Slovakia is one of the largest malt exporters in the EU and in the world

Local production of malting barley does not cover the demand.

PM Robert Fico's actions caused thousands of people to protests against him.

Will 2025 be so bad that it could get better?

The opposition and civil society will have to see it through.

Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová (SNS nominee).

Culture minister accuses actors of trying to overthrow government

Actors demand that the minister substantiate her claim.

Extreme ironing is popular abroad.

Ironing on top of popular peak attracts Slovaks, foreigners alike

Young man wants to break the record next time.

Nikola Capeková
Beer cellars and restaurants in Rimavská Sobota

When beer saved Rimavská Sobota

A refugee's family helped save the town that took him in.

Branislav Chovan
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News digest: Two threats to schools in one day after knife attack last week

Will 2025 lead to changes, an exhibition of Nordic films. Learn more in today's digest.

The grammar school building in Spišská Stará Ves, eastern Slovakia, on January 18, 2025.

Police failures exposed after deadly knife attack at school

Authorities face scrutiny as court records and police oversights emerge in the wake of a fatal stabbing that shocked Slovakia.

PM Robert Fico during an extraordinary parliamentary session on January 21, 2025.
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From millions of euros in sales to €37. German company stops its Slovak plant

Lindenmaier Slovakia operated in Šurany for more than 30 years.

The Dobro resonator guitars.

Dobro guitar inventor’s Slovak roots unknown for many decades

Ján Dopjera was born in western Slovakia, emigrated in early 20th century.

Illustrative image.

How to know which groceries are cheaper based on a store receipt

History has shown that price reduction is moderate and temporary.

Michaela Štalmachová
Pustý hrad castle

Concerts in a castle tower? Zvolen’s plan is worth the wait

Zvolen unveils a plan to transform its historic fortress into a cultural hotspot.

Members of the Pstruhy Slovenského Raja winter swimming club.
Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) during a press conference on the ongoing construction of a new military hospital in Prešov on January 17, 2025.

In letter, psychiatrists tell Fico to lead or to leave office

A similar letter was addressed to the quasi-authoritarian Prime Minister Mečiar in the 1990s.

Foreigners' Police HQ in Bratislava.

News digest: Foreigners' Police office in Bratislava to open without online booking

A letter to PM Fico from psychiatrists and the connection between Slovakia and its American diaspora.

Pictured from right: Police Inspectorate Director Branislav Zurian, Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (Hlas), and Police Chief Ľubomír Solák during a short press briefing in Poprad, eastern Slovakia, on January 18, 2025.

Quiet police chief fired after fatal knife attack at school

Ľubomír Solák’s tenure as police chief lasted just 414 days.

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