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

ZSSK, the state-owned railway operator, in cooperation with its catering partner Wagon Slovakia Košice, introduced a new seasonal menu in the dining cars, featuring traditional Slovakian Christmas dishes