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
Europe Slovakia Almost 7.000 km of non-productive areas, 4 times the length of national borders, have been created with new Common Agricultural Policy reform: farmers participated in subsidy that encouragse environmentally friendly practices like shrubs between sown land
Europe Slovakia The country will vote against the European Commission's proposal to relax EU GMO rules by exempting plants produced with new genomic techniques, which reduce demand for risky pesticides, from the GMO directive
Europe Slovakia President Zuzanna Čaputová will not participate in the presidential campaign to be re-elected for a second term in 2024, citing personal reasons related to the burden her role has had on her and her family
Europe Slovakia The country has yet to spend more than 30% of its cohesion funds - a total of €4,3 billion - but with less than seven months to go, €800 million, or 5% of the total amount, is set to be lost
Europe Slovakia More than one in three Slovaks believe that Brussels is endangering public health by ordering the addition of insect proteins to food without consumers knowing about it, according to an Ipsos study