Europe Slovakia In the Slovak village of Blatná nad Ostrovom, a pilot project to mix hydrogen into the natural gas infrastructure has yielded positive results
Europe Slovakia The government has approved a proposal that aims at reducing and simplifying the residency procedures that foreigners have to follow; the simplified course will be applied as of January 2023
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 The average inhabitant last year drank 120 large beers, or an average of 60,2 litres, in a 30-year low and a 12% on 2020, the Slovak Statistics Office reported on August 5, which marks International Beer Day
Europe Slovakia According to the Hydro-meteorological Institute of Slovakia (SHMÚ), extreme drought currently affects more than half of Slovakia's territory, with a state of emergency declared in 11 municipalities due to the lack of drinking water
Europe Slovakia Ministry of Agriculture expressed reservations about the new legal framework for pesticide use proposed by the Commission in June as part of the Nature Restoration Act to reduce use by 50% by 2030
Europe Slovakia 28 Slovak academic institutions, including public universities, the Slovak Academy of Sciences and its various research institutes, have at least 136 links with China, according to a study by the Central European Institute of Asian Studies in Bratislava
Europe Slovakia Slovaks agree that climate change is happening, but are not willing to pay higher taxes or prices nor change their life habits to protect the Earth, according to a survey conducted by Environmental Studies at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic
Europe Slovakia Slovak scientists are playing a key role in an international project for a new European solar telescope to unlock the Sun's secrets using what has been described as the "most powerful instrument ever conceived to observe it"
Europe Slovakia As many as a quarter of Slovaks would change jobs if they lost the possibility of working from home, according to a survey entitled 'Hybrid Work Model as a New Standard' conducted by the agency Focus for Microsoft on a sample of 1.071 employees
Europe Slovakia The Slovak economy has been hit harder by the Russian invasion in Ukraine than any other EU country, according to a comparison of the European Commission's February and May macroeconomic forecasts
Europe Slovakia The Ministry of Information recently presented a 'blueprint' for national regulation of illegal content and online hoaxes; many other public institutions commented pointing out flaws in the plan
Europe Slovakia President Caputova received Slovak experts upon their arrival from Ukraine where they are helping to document suspected war crimes and crimes against humanity; the country was the second after France to help Ukraine map the crimes