The total number of PCR-confirmed cases has exceeded 794,000.

The health care budget has been criticised the most.

A coalition partner refused to support crucial reforms. Slovak and Czech police dissolve a gang of VAT fraudsters robbing both countries of millions.

Regional prosecutor cancels the criminal prosecution against detained emergency healthcare workers, orders police officer to decide on the case again.

Altogether eight parties would win the parliamentary seats, recent AKO poll shows.

In the town’s Museum of Ľudovít Štúr, you can find some unconventional relics, such as a tuft of Štúr’s hair.

The healthcare facilities should work according to new rules from the beginning of 2024.

Opposition party Smer offered them legal help, the workers refused.

The law was passed without the support of Sme Rodina, a coalition party.

Even as the Slovak central government was directing schools to stay open until December 13, local authorities were busy closing them anyway. But at what cost to children’s health and wellbeing?

Foreign Minister Ivan Korčok's idea of cultural diplomacy has materialised in a book of visual art from the national gallery's collections.

Booster shots are available sooner than six months after the second dose without prior registration. Inflation in November was the highest since 2004.

Restaurants remain closed.

The Foreign Affairs Minister added that Slovakia is the last of all countries in the so-called eastern wing of NATO that does not have such an agreement.

Semi-state players are preparing to transmit, store and produce green hydrogen in Slovakia.

Circular economy is not an end in itself and companies need to think about their circular strategy to create real value.

Winter sports lovers hit the slopes for the first time last weekend.

The constructor needs to solve several problems, and it is not clear how much the repairs will cost.

People will no longer have to wait six months after receiving the second vaccine shot.

The sports car and unique hydrogen bus made in Slovakia highlights of country’s Expo show.

The Delta wave seems to be receding, but Omicron poses a threat. The Largest in Business rankings are out.

They should receive financial assistance for the period they were forced to close.

The vaccinated can now do more, but they can’t go to school.

It is a golden corner of the Small Carpathians, especially in autumn.

The law is retroactive.

The number of the infected may start to rise again in January.

Former PM is third in the ranking of trustworthiness.

In 2014, the EU decided Slovakia and Finland would select the capitals of culture for 2026.

Check out the investment highlights from Slovakia over the past year.

Comprehensive data from hundred of companies.

Holy Mass is held in the 1910 chapel once a year.

All three infected people came from risky countries.

Krivánska Malá Fatra is one of the most popular hiking areas in Slovakia.

Making your own beeswax candles, Jasná and Štrbské Pleso open for the winter season, and the vaccination of children will start later in December.

Those interested can enrol in a competition for the long-term lease of the city’s abandoned vineyards.

Food, computers and bikes are more expensive while the prices of mobile phones and sports equipment are lower than last year.

The government has adopted a national strategy and is designing its action plan to cover many walks of life.

If you are not into cross-country skiing, make beeswax candles or listen to poetry.

The Slovak Spectator addressed some practical questions about the measures coming into force before Christmas, mostly concerning those vaccinated and recently recovered from Covid.

Vaccinated seniors will be entitled to a financial bonus. The Slovak president does not plan to attend the Olympics in Beijing.

There will be no more direct trains on the Bratislava – Zvolen – Košice route.

Seniors who were vaccinated in the first half of 2021 and do not plan to get a booster are out of the scheme.

Beeswax candles not only perfume the house but also purify the air.

As a teenager, Rana Hashemi was arrested for going to a concert. While sitting in a cell, she decided to leave Iran.

Parts of the castle near Žilina under restoration.

The Constitutional Court did not accept the complaints of the ombudswoman concerning the bill for state quarantine.

The changes concern the delivery of registered mail and the number of customers at post offices.