Europe Slovakia Pensioners will receive a one-off bonus of €300, instead of the initially promised €150, by the end of the year, thanks to the additional €220 million found in the budget after talks with Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky
Europe Slovakia Among potential candidates, Voice-SD president Peter Pellegrini has the best chance of winning next year's presidential election, according to the results of a poll conducted by the Ipsos agency
Europe Slovakia 1,5 million euros will be allocated to help villages and various entities after the recent earthquake in eastern Slovakia, which the cabinet noted was the strongest in Slovakia since 1930
Europe Slovakia US Steel Košice, subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation, will receive €300 million from the EU Recovery and Resilience Plan to decarbonise its steel production; the company stressed that the whole process is expected to exceed €1 billion
Europe Slovakia The Slovak Water Management Company will strengthen its financing with an additional €25 million
Europe Slovakia The orientation of Slovakia's foreign policy will not change, said Smer-SD President Robert Fico
Europe Slovakia Freedom and Solidarity called on parties running for election that are below the eligibility threshold to withdraw from the fight, pointing out that a large number of democratic votes, crucial for the formation of a government, would be lost
Europe Slovakia Nominations for the sixth Kix anti-sexist award are open until Oct. 9: members of the public can nominate for ignominious recognition the ads they perceive as sexist
Europe Slovakia Slovakia's projected battery production capacity will reach 10 GWh by 2030, which is lower than that of its Visegrad counterparts and beats only Croatia's 2 GWh in the Central European region
Europe Slovakia Martin Bednárik uses a magnet to turn a square celebrating killers into a square commemorating their victims: though a slight addition, it completely changes the name of Námestie Hraničiarov square in Bratislava
Europe Slovakia After 51 years of construction, the Bratislava-Košice motorway is still unfinished and the last section will be completed in 2032, if all goes well
Europe Slovakia Medieval churches with rare frescoes in the Gemer-Malohont region, which have long struggled with accessibility, have been granted fixed opening hours for the summer season for the first time
Europe Slovakia Farmers, foresters and some politicians have called for the regulation of brown bears following the alleged increase in their attacks on farms and humans, a much-debated issue in the country