On May 1st 2004 Slovakia became a member of the European Union and this whole week Radio Slovakia International takes a look at what this country has achieved in the past ten years since joining the European ...
Last week the Association of Games and Entertainment, which is an umbrella organisation for producers and operators of slot machines, roulette and other games announced that the number of slot machines ...
Andrej Kiska is the new Slovak President but who is or are the real winner(s) and loser(s) of the presidential election? Anca Dragu has tried to find out.
The oldest Slovak political party – the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (ĽS - HZDS) – a party of huge popularity as well as huge sins – dissolves, and the ‘father of the nation’ Vladimir Mečiar bids ...
On January 1st the new law on welfare benefits came into force amidst controversy. It introduces a compulsory requirement that receivers of benefits must work for the village or town they live in for 32 ...
The year 2013 was a nightmare for the labour market in Slovakia due to slow economic growth, tax hikes and complicated legislation that made companies think twice before opening new positions.Unemployment ...
The saying goes that good health is priceless but how to achieve and maintain it can be trickier than someone might think, especially when it comes to the inhabitants of poor marginalized communities. ...
An ageing population, whole districts that risk being depopulated and two big urban areas with infrastructure under pressure because it hasn’t been modernized and can’t really cope with the influx of economic ...
On Saturday the inhabitants of five of Slovakia’s self-governing regions chose their heads, or so called župans, in a second round of voting which featured the two candidates who collected the most votes ...
A report on financial literacy in Slovak schools presented by the Education Minister last week concluded that primary and secondary school teachers should spend more time talking about finance with their ...
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