Europe Slovakia Education of talents, modernisation of health care and coping with impacts of climate change are some of the biggest challenges facing the country, according to the Governor of Central Bank of Slovakia regarding the 'Structural Challenges 2024' document
Europe Slovakia Parliament has passed the 'Assassination Attempt Lex', which introduces new grounds for banning public meetings and official state residences for the Speaker of the House and premier
Europe Slovakia The disputed reform of local public television, has been approved by parliament; it provides for greater government control over the media and against it protests for the freedom of expression had been organised in recent months
Europe Slovakia Slovak police officers will be sent to Croatia again this year as part of the 'Safe Tourist Destination' project to help Slovak tourists in distress in two destinations - Crikvenica and Trogir - from 1 July to 30 August
Europe Slovakia €13,5 million to support green hydrogen production has been allocated in a new call under the Recovery and Resilience Plan
Europe Slovakia The man charged for the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico last Wednesday may not have acted alone, contrary to previous belief, said the Slovak interior minister
Europe Slovakia Mountaineer Lucia Janicova became the first Slovakian woman to climb to the top of the world's highest mountain, reaching the 8848 metre summit of Everest from the Nepalese side via the southern route with oxygen
Europe Slovakia Volkswagen Slovakia reported a record turnover of €11,76 billion in 2023 after a period of investments that continued last year, with total expenditure in new projects amounting to €423,6 million
Europe Slovakia Whooping cough is on the rise in the country, with more cases in the first two months of the year than in a whole year in past years; a lack of vaccines against whooping cough, especially those used for revaccination, is reported
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