The past two years have seen an increase in extremism cases and the police initiated 28% more prosecutions for extremism in 2020 than in the previous year, the Slovak Interior Ministry said in its annual report

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

The country co-organises for the first time the NATO Resilience Symposium 2024, which will focus on topics such as combating cyber attacks, hybrid threats, terrorism