Last Friday the best Slovak startups of the year in four categories: society, science, digital and art&design were announced in a ceremony in the old building of the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava. ...
Slovakia's overall unemployment rate stands at 11 percent but there are regions, mainly in the east of the country where it can reach even 20%.
Last year Slovakia was ranked 54th among 175 countries when it comes to corruption, according to an worldwide index done by the watch-dog Transparency International.
The concept of a "smart city" has been on many people's lips this month in Bratislava. The mayor wants to tackle the Slovak capital's already chronic issues with chaotic development that have reduced the ...
The end of October, more precisely the day of Demeter, marks the end of the shepherds working year. Because shepherd culture is a strong part of Slovak traditional culture, you shouldn't be surprised to ...
Last week the Parliament decided that churches in Slovakia will continue to be funded from the state budget - thus rejecting the proposal of four liberal MPs that each citizen should decide by themselves ...
By the end of August 130 people have applied for asylum in Slovakia. Only 6 got it, none of them from Syria although 7 Syrians have been declared protected persons, a temporary status that allows them ...
While covering the topic of immigration over the past two months, Anca Dragu noticed that most of the anti-immigration arguments given by a wide range of respondents from ordinary people on the street ...
A decade ago foreign companies were choosing Slovakia for its cheap labour force and investors-friendly tax system. Now it's the strong supply chain and good infrastructre, or so goes the argument in the ...
A few kilometers from Slovakia's border, on a highway that Slovaks use to go shopping at a big outlet centre in neighbouring Austria, 71 migrants were found dead in a lorry last week. Another 26 including ...
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