A potential Christmas present, one hike, nice sports stories, and more. Dive into reading this week's roundup.

The total number of PCR-confirmed cases has exceeded 651,000.

The first US basketball players came to play in Slovakia in the nineties.

A decade ago, gay people founded their own sports club, Lotus Flowers, in Bratislava.

US coach Teri Nicole Rodriguez has six months to come up with a plan on how to get local children up and moving.

Take a look at the most interesting deals of Slovakia's law firms in banking and finance.

Response to job offers from as far as Georgia and Tajikistan.

Bratislava public transport operates under a holiday regime as of Monday. Police announce stricter border controls at the outer borders.

The wiretaps were published based on an incorrect legal qualification.

See the Malá and Veľká Fatra mountain ranges and villages in the Turiec region as captured by photographer Miroslav Čillo.

The software company presented the concept, designed by architects from the Bjarke Ingels Group.

Schoolchildren are required to wear masks during classes again.

Still, people have to carefully check the entry conditions for their final destination, as well as Slovakia.

The Slovak hockey player has been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Viliam Pavliak works as a scientist for the Gates, developing vaccines against diseases in third world countries.

Cabinet approves lockdown and curfew. Slovakia breaks another record in Covid daily caseload. Cabinet apologises for forced sterilisation of women.

Schools remain open, most shops close, home office recommended.

The developers of the game Fortnite bought a Slovak company, Austrians entered a firm producing compostable plastics. The largest law firms were involved in these projects.

He attended several protests himself, including one held before the house of the health minister.

The Družba fountain on Námestie Slobody Square will be renovated after 40 years. Take a look at what its dilapidated interior looks like before the reconstruction.

The government promised that people vaccinated against Covid will also have advantages in the black tier as soon as the increase in infections slows down.

Women who underwent the procedure usually did not know that the surgery was irreversible.

Our capacity for indignation – or compassion – seems exhausted just when we need it most.

Innovations in gastronomy address the lack of waiters, lack of respect of food intolerances as well as Covid-induced closure of wine shops.

Tickets for their June 2022 concert are now on sale.

Unqualified workers tend to be the least supportive of the Covid vaccine according to the poll.

Slovakia is the fifth-worst European Union country in terms of corruption.

People can vote for the best 2020 Slovak film productions by December 5.

First four Slovak pilots finish their basic training for F-16 fighter jets in the US. Slovaks establish new companies despite pandemic.

She fled Slovakia after the Soviet invasion of August 21, 1968 and moved to Switzerland with her parents

Money will be on the account of a receiver within seconds.

In the intellectual property area, the largest law firms report several interesting transactions.

Currently, only those vaccinated against Covid or those who have recovered from the disease can see the cathedral made of ice.

The details should be presented on Wednesday, after the cabinet session.

Igor Matovič also proposes a bonus for the vaccinated.

Opera singers Lawrence Brownlee and Michael Spyres will perform in Bratislava in early December.

Coalition to discuss potential lockdown. Nearly half the respondents willing to get booster shot. Learn more in today's digest.

She died at the age of 95.

Another lockdown Christmas looms as hospitals fill up. Slovakia shows how a nation that succumbs to irrationality copes with the pandemic.

The aim of the new construction legislation is to streamline and accelerate the issuance of building permits, but they also address illegal constructions, the construction of rental flats and other issues.

Visit a mountain in the Small Carpathians with the amazing views.

Milota Sidorová shares her thoughts about the quality of life in Bratislava, its further sustainable development and the challenges that the city is likely to face in the years to come.

Sellers would not make any profits under the currently-set conditions.

Eight parties would make it into parliament.

Hygienists did not launch the OTP regime at workplaces on Monday as promised.

The statements come on the heels of the announced vaccine mandate in the neighbouring Austria the day before.

Slovakia's neighbour announces nationwide lockdown, halts tourism as of Monday.

Bratislava wants more powers, Prior department store marks its 53rd anniversary and more primeval forests will enjoy the highest protection.

The Slovak Spectator addressed some practical questions related to the new anti-pandemic measures, dubbed the lockdown for the unvaccinated, that come into force on November 22.

The pandemic did not affect the construction of new residential real estate in the capital last year.

The city council plans to change it.

New reserve will help ‘Noah’s Arks’.