US Steel Košice, subsidiary of the United States Steel Corporation, will receive €300 million from the EU Recovery and Resilience Plan to decarbonise its steel production; the company stressed that the whole process is expected to exceed €1 billion

A golden takin calf — a species so rare that only a few dozen are kept in zoos worldwide — has been born for the first time at Bratislava Zoo

Two previously unknown minerals containing both silver and gold were identified in the hills of Nová Baňa, the historic mining town; named auropolybasite and auropearceite, they were discovered by an international team led by Slovak Academy of Sciences

Housing completions dropped in 2025 and new construction remained well below long-term levels according to latest official figures

189 employees are set to lose their jobs as production at a packaging manufacturer winds down in the next 18 months: another blow to Martin's region, once a stronghold of heavy engineering and paper production now seeing steady erosion of industrial jobs