Gaťár’s colleague, vice-president Rastislav Polakovič, who earns €6,228 a month, has already lived in three state-provided flats since taking a leadership role in late 2023. He started in a €10 unit, ...

Slovakia’s nostalgic train rides offer more than just scenery.

Despite legal reforms, businesses warn that sluggish foreign recruitment and weak integration threaten long-term ...

Among the pioneers of wireless technology is Slovak priest, painter, inventor, and botanist Jozef Murgaš, who earned ...

Despite Trnava being my closest large town, I’ve walked within metres of this restaurant many times without ever knowing it ...

He called corruption the devil’s dung. Even in the way he envisioned his own funeral, Pope Francis made clear his rejection ...

From his appointment in 2013 as the first Jesuit pope and the first from Latin America, Jorge Mario Bergoglio reshaped the ...

USK Praha’s stunning EuroLeague title run capped a glittering career that began by accident and ended with a sixth trophy.

Slovakia ended 2024 with a public finance deficit of 5.3 percent of GDP – lower than feared, but still among the worst in the ...

On a plinth outside Bratislava’s Old Market Hall, a mangled ambulance draws the gaze of passers-by. Shattered windows, a collapsed roof and scorched interior reveal the vehicle’s violent past. Once a ...

Not long ago, this narrow stone corridor in north-western Slovakia was utterly impassable. Even horse-drawn carts had to be dismantled and carried through, piece by piece. Today, Manínska Gorge is one ...