Footballer Hamšík, addiction expert Okruhlica and Canadian-Slovak photographer Dojč are just some of the 28 personalities to whom President Čaputová conferred state honours

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

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

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