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An old elevator in which the tragedy happened a year ago.
The Danube River in Bratislava.

No, you can't smash golf balls across the Danube, event is told

Water management company scraps Dunaj Golf Challenge, which was due to happen this weekend.

A view of Bratislava on April 17, 2022.

Bratislava sets new height limits for buildings

The city aims to preserve its current panorama, a new study shows.

Community gardens have become popular in Bratislava.

Bratislava offers new places to get your hands dirty

The shared plots of land provide space for people to grow fresh veggies, fruit or flowers.

The Good market is a popular street festival in Bratislava.

Bratislava's Good Market offers a programme for Ukrainians

The spring edition of the community festival will take place this Saturday.

Construction work at Bory hospital in March 2022.

New hospital in Bratislava won't open fully till autumn 2023

Investor Penta denies that a lack of nurses is behind the delay.

Spring Markets and Flora Bratislava are the two events that are held at Bratislava's Incheba until April 10, 2022.
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Weekend: "Do you have hens?" a UK vlogger asks a Slovak villager

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Farewell ride of Karosa bus

Bratislava bids farewell to iconic urban buses

Low emissions and increased comfort are among the benefits of 70 modern buses coming to the capital.

Cyklokuchyňa has been running a self-service bicycle repair shop since 2011.

Where to fix a bike on your own in Bratislava

Bikers are eager to share their expertise for fixing bikes.

A scene from "The Auschwitz Report", which is one of over 40 Slovak films to be screened during the Slovak Film Week in early April.

Bratislava cinema to screen best of 2021 Slovak films

Slovak Film Week takes place in the first week of April, offering Slovak films with English subtitles.

The Nová Tržnica market hall, on the edge of Bratislava's city centre, is now a national cultural monument.

Bratislava's own 'mini-Pompidou Centre' gets a facelift

Restoration of the Nová Tržnica market hall will be co-financed by designer T-shirt sales.

Prešov locals are walking with Morenas in their hands to welcome spring on March 27, 2022. Burning a Morena - a Slavic goddess of winter and death - and throwing her into water is an old tradition that has been preserved to date in Slovakia.

Weekend: A secret Poloniny area loved by communists

We also have a lot of Bratislava news to share with you in this week's Spectacular Slovakia Roundup, including Slovak Film Week.

Russian Embassy in Bratislava

Russian Embassy street renamed after murdered Putin critic

Part of Godrova becomes Boris Nemtsov Street

Hotel Kyjev with the Ukrainian flag atop in Bratislava.

Ukrainian flag waves atop Bratislava's Hotel Kyjev, but refugees cannot stay there

Hotel Kyjev has been awaiting renovation for two decades.

The Danube

Bratislava Danube Park to tap potential of sustainable tourism

Study proposes measures to better protect the river, and to make it more accessible.

The new assistance centre opened in downtown Bratislava.

New large-capacity centre for Ukrainian refugees opens in Bratislava

The centre will be open 24/7 and provide complete assistance to refugees.

Tapping of the foundation stone of the future Holocaust memorial at Bratislava's Patrónka.

Memorial at former factory will commemorate victims of the Holocaust

Slovakia marks the 80th anniversary of the first transport of Slovak Jews to extermination camps.

The Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art in Medzilaborce, eastern Slovakia.

Weekend: Warhol's legendary Marilyn Monroe set to make history

How well do you know the story of Bratislava sculptures?

In Košice, the first bicycle counter, which records the number of bicycles passing through a specific location, was installed at the junction of Letná and Komenského Streets on November 8, 2021.

How Slovak towns are trying to ‘not be killed’ by cars

Progress made in some places, but transport still a problem.

The sculptue of M.R. Štefánik on today's Štúrovo Square.

Wandering sculptures go on tour

Hitler commemorative plaque in Bratislava did not last long.

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