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Wed, 13 Jan 2021 09:20:03 +0000
Coronavirus in Slovakia: 3,576 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 215,000. Published: Wednesday, January 13, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:50:01 +0000
Death behind bars triggers conspiracies, politicians carry some blame too
The example of the US shows that no country, including Slovakia, is immune from conspiracy-driven protests turning into violence. Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:50:01 +0000
News digest: First valid sentence for Kočner
Thousands of people are dying in the pandemic. Bratislava and Stockholm will be linked by direct flights. Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:50:01 +0000
Slovakia has the most COVID-19 deaths per million people
Number of deaths in November 2020 exceeded the five-year average significantly. Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 17:50:01 +0000
Students ask the PM to relinquish his degree
Matovič called the recent Austrian minister’s resignation inspirational, but hesitates to act on his own degree. Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:20:03 +0000
Kočner sentenced to 19 years in prison
Supreme Court confirmed the verdict in the promissory notes case. Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:20:03 +0000
More tips for outings in Bratislava during the lockdown
Walks along the Danube bank offer a feeling of being far from the city rush. Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 14:20:03 +0000
Felix Maria Davídek - founder of the underground church in Czechoslovakia
January 12 marks the centenary of the birth of Felix Maria Davídek a secretly ordained bishop and founder of the underground church in Czechoslovakia. His community, the Koinotés, which was founded in the 1960s, created an alternative to the offici...

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:50:02 +0000
Slovak designer wins top prize for ocean station that removes plastics from sea
Her design is inspired by water animals and plants. Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 10:50:02 +0000
Cibulková is not the only one. Several Olympians were vaccinated
The ministry provided the COVID-19 vaccine. Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:50:02 +0000
Coronavirus in Slovakia: 2,410 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 211,400. Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 09:50:02 +0000
Job offers hit six-year low
The number failed to exceed 200,000 last year. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 01:50:01 +0000
Functionalism that became dysfunctionalism (from our archive)
If one judges architecture by whether people want to call it home, then Petržalka doesn't work. Published: Tuesday, January 12, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:50:02 +0000
News digest: Mass testing on a weekly basis, six exceptions for Holý
Trnava has a cooling trailer for dead bodies. Ryanair suspends flights to Bratislava until late March. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:50:02 +0000
Cabinet wants mass testing to break the curve
Testing may take place on a weekly basis until late February. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:20:02 +0000
Cabinet proposes mass testing to break the curve
Testing may take place on a weekly basis until late February. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 17:20:02 +0000
New job offers failed to exceed 200,000 last year
The number was the lowest since 2014. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 12:20:01 +0000
Former elite tennis player and her husband skipped the vaccination line
Medical staff and people working in critical infrastructure are supposed to be vaccinated during the first phase. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:20:02 +0000
Deputy PM travelled freely from the UK, so did the new strain
The strain first found in southern England now complicates the already complicated epidemic situation in Slovakia. Sme Rodina minister gives an unconvincing explanation. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:20:02 +0000
New 360-degree photos display the best of Liptov
Photos have been divided into four main categories: water, mountain resorts, valleys and peaks, towns and their cultural monuments. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 11:20:02 +0000
Thousands of people got tested during the weekend
The lockdown is not enough, we should be testing, PM Matovič said. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:50:02 +0000
Former Slovak tennis player and her husband skipped the vaccination line
Medical staff and people working in critical infrastructure are supposed to be vaccinated during the first phase. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:50:02 +0000
Austrian minister resigns after plagiarising thesis at a Slovak school
Austrian Labour Minister Christine Aschbacher received her PhD degree at STU faculty in Trnava. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 10:50:02 +0000
Pursuing green thinking
Companies operating in Slovakia are taking on ever more green projects. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:20:01 +0000
Travelling abroad? You should avoid these countries
Most EU countries will be considered risky. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 06:20:02 +0000
Deputy PM came from the UK and did not quarantine. What is the story behind his exemption?
Anyone can ask for an exemption at a ministry, the Public Health Authority says. Now they want to limit that option. Published: Monday, January 11, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 10:50:01 +0000
Coronavirus in Slovakia: 2,973 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 208,000. Published: Sunday, January 10, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Sun, 10 Jan 2021 10:50:01 +0000
Once you hit rock bottom, the only way is up
Major social media companies suspended Trump’s accounts, but not before at least five people died. Published: Sunday, January 10, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 23:50:02 +0000
50 years since document signaling end of Prague Spring
A document entitled Lessons from the Crisis Situation appeared in the in the Czechoslovak press on 14.1.1971. Definitively bringing the events of 1968 – when reform Communists sought to follow a new path – to an end, it laid the foundations for e...

Sat, 09 Jan 2021 18:50:02 +0000
New coronavirus strain confirmed in Bratislava
Strict distancing measures will definitely need to be in place for a long time, hospitals face hard times, health minister said. Published: Saturday, January 9, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator



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