Slovak malt has become an important export product in recent years: at present, Slovakia is one of the 10 largest exporters in the world, while in the European Union it ranks fifth after France, Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands

President Peter Pellegrini conferred State honours on 18 personalities from social, cultural and sporting life, nine of them posthumously

The return rate of beverage containers in Slovakia remains consistently above 90% according to the administrator of the deposit return system

The Regional Public Health Office reported an increase in the number of hepatitis A cases in the Bratislava region, with 24 cases reported in December

The Slovak parliament has passed a law introducing charges for access to public information, a proposal initially criticised by the Let's Stop Corruption Foundation as a threat to transparency