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Tue, 26 Jan 2021 09:20:02 +0000Coronavirus in Slovakia: 1,590 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 238,600.
Published: Tuesday, January 26, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:50:02 +0000
News digest: Results from weekend nationwide testing still not out
The parliamentary committee recommends one candidate for new police chief. NASA picks a picture by Slovak photographer as its Astronomy Picture of the Day.
Published: Monday, January 25, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:50:02 +0000
Some 1.5 million people tested so far
The weekend results of nationwide testing have not been published.
Published: Monday, January 25, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 17:50:02 +0000
Gargling tests available
For now tests are provided by a private lab and people have to pay for them.
Published: Monday, January 25, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:50:01 +0000
Matovič government takes after Smer in lawmaking
The second-largest testing scheme of the whole population is underway in Slovakia. Government says they ordered enough vaccines. Layoffs of transnationals in Bratislava.
Published: Monday, January 25, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 12:20:01 +0000
Matovič takes after Smer governments in lawmaking
The second-largest testing scheme of the whole population is underway in Slovakia. Government says they ordered enough vaccines. Layoffs of transnationals in Bratislava.
Published: Monday, January 25, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:20:03 +0000
Cities and towns under the Tatras are partnering up to boost regional development
The cities of Poprad, Kežmarok, Svit, and the High Tatras region agreed on cooperation in a joint memorandum.
Published: Monday, January 25, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:20:03 +0000
The pandemic keeps cutting the number of foreigners working in Slovakia
Most foreign nationals work in the capital and western Slovak districts.
Published: Monday, January 25, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:20:03 +0000
White Crow awards reflect a year of hard tests
The awards went to four initiatives in justice, education, health care and minorities.
Published: Monday, January 25, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:20:03 +0000
Hlas is gaining strength, along with Sulík’s SaS
At the same time, most people think PM Matovič is not managing the coronavirus crisis well.
Published: Monday, January 25, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Mon, 25 Jan 2021 09:20:02 +0000
Coronavirus in Slovakia: 551 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 237,000.
Published: Monday, January 25, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 20:20:01 +0000
Biden really is waking up each morning with the goal of making things better
The new president is old and imperfect, but it's difficult to question his motives.
Published: Sunday, January 24, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Sun, 24 Jan 2021 10:20:02 +0000
Coronavirus in Slovakia: 1,905 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 236,000.
Published: Sunday, January 24, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 10:50:02 +0000
Coronavirus in Slovakia: 1,544 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 234,500.
Published: Saturday, January 23, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:50:02 +0000
Who’s the foreigner in this country now?
The virus has highlighted some differences between migrants and locals, but erased others.
Published: Saturday, January 23, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:50:02 +0000
Roundup: Košice pays tribute to one of the world’s greatest male ballet dancers
The State Theatre Košice has premiered a new ballet performance about Rudolf Nureyev online.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:50:01 +0000
News digest: Slovakia has passed the peak of the second wave, health minister says
Polish doctors will help take swabs in Slovakia this weekend. People who have had COVID can just show their positive test result.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:50:01 +0000
Vaccine hesitancy down, but still above EU average
Survey shows less than half of Slovaks believe vaccination is the only way to end the pandemic.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:50:02 +0000
Roundup: Košice to pay tribute to one of the world’s greatest male ballet dancers
On January 22, the State Theatre Košice premieres a new ballet performance about Rudolf Nureyev online.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:20:02 +0000
Czechoslovak WWII veteran of Tobruk, Dunkirk battles dies at age 101
A Czechoslovak veteran of World War II who fought in the battles of Tobruk and Dunkirk has died at the age of 101, Czech Television reported. Bernard Papánek, who immigrated to Israel in the 1960s lived out his final days in Slovakia, where he died ...
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:50:02 +0000
Nationwide COVID-19 testing – and criticism – starts again
Longer ‘screening’ different to October operation.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:20:02 +0000
Roundup: The 1972 Olympic champion Ondrej Nepela born 70 years ago
The Slovak figure skater performed his first Olympic skate routine at the age of 13 at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:50:01 +0000
Nationwide COVID-19 testing – and criticism - starts again
Longer ‘screening’ different to October operation.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:20:01 +0000
Coronavirus in Slovakia: 1,785 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 233,000.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:50:01 +0000
Fashion brands mean nothing to me. Professional hockey player about his life in central Slovakia
In an entertaining interview, the down-to-earth ice hockey player, Ján Sýkora, talks about being a busy bee with a poor memory.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 07:50:02 +0000
Czechoslovak veteran of Tobruk, Dunkirk battles dies aged 101
Czechoslovak veteran of Tobruk, Dunkirk battles dies aged 101
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:20:02 +0000
Old-age pension scheme gains three new features
Brand new parental bonus raises concerns.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:50:02 +0000
Bratislava launches reservation system for testing points on public transport vehicles
Bratislava public transport company will offer 50 vehicles for testing.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:50:02 +0000
News digest: Weekend testing will be possible on buses as well as in companies
Numbers of victims of human trafficking is alarming. Coronavirus spreads among homeless people in Bratislava.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:20:02 +0000
Deputy PM Holý lied about his exception when travelling to Britain
Corruption demonstrated by a scientist who was barred from travelling.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator