Europe Slovakia Cardinal Jozef Tomko, the Holy See's most influential Slovakian, has died at 98 in Rome; under Pope John Paul II he became prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples and was the third most influential person in the Catholic Church
Europe Slovakia A new film by Erik Baláž, Slovak ecologist, activist and filmmaker, telling the story of the western grouse, which is critically endangered in Slovakia due to widespread deforestation and habitat destruction, struggles to be distributed
Europe Slovakia Team from the Kempelen Institute of Intelligent Technologies created the world's largest database of verified facts and an app for media professionals to verify information, regardless of where in the world it originated
Europe Slovakia Only one Slovak company made it onto the list of Europe's 1.000 fastest-growing companies compiled by the Financial Times: Gardeon, a supplier of garages and garden sheds based in Turčiansky Ďur, northern Slovakia, came in 510th place
Europe Slovakia Corruption is a serious problem for the majority of Slovaks, and many think it will increase or remain the same under the current government, according to a survey conducted by Focus for the Stop Corruption Foundation