The total number of PCR-confirmed cases has exceeded 764,000.

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

If you are not into sports, make beeswax candles or listen to poetry, but do not forget the train timetable will soon change.

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 household 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.

Eva Malíková left behind a successful business in Slovakia and started a new life in the US.

First wave of easing the measures starts on Friday. President Čaputová listed among 100 most powerful women. Districts in western and central Slovakia should prepare for heavy snowfall.

Stricter measures will come back if hospitalisations reach a critical level.

Many of them threw it away or sent it back.

Slovenský Grob’s goose-roasting tradition is a result of the natural fertility of the land.

Six new things were inscribed in the intangible cultural heritage list in early December.

New centre should be located near railway station.

In the category of foreign personalities, Slovaks searched Lady Gaga the most.

Antibodies testing is not an indicator to decide whether to vaccinate against Covid. More than 3,500 Covid patients in hospitals.

The law will change in response, setting a minimum greenhouse gas savings threshold for biofuels.

Last attempt for positive motivation, says Matovič. Health Ministry will look into vaccine mandate possibility.

Lockdown continues in another form, shops will open, schools will close earlier than expected.

How to have your Covid vaccine doses received abroad recognised in Slovakia.

Where can you find the tallest Christmas tree?

ĽSNS linked the pandemic to anti-migration sentiments.

The Health Ministry has one proposal ready but wants to discuss it.

Just like in every other country, an average Slovak citizen does not have the means or power to change the dysfunctionality of the system.

Coalition to discuss longer lockdown. Slovakia lags behind in administering booster shots. Nearly half of Slovaks perceive the tax and levy reform negatively.

The routes to Sofia and Zagreb will be operated by Ryanair.

The Health Ministry came up with three phases, one of which involves a longer lockdown.

Finance minister proposes massive handout without consulting PM.

Katarína Nováková Grubb made a career in the US. She remembers 2020 fondly despite the pandemic.

Festive people are used to the tram, but the bus is a novelty.

Minister negotiating within the coalition, lack of agreement on this topic.

The country still awaits the first children's vaccines.

The amendment will be discussed in the second reading in parliament in February 2022 at the soonest.

The fastest train connects Bratislava and Košice in four hours and 43 minutes.

Slovakia remains the world’s biggest car manufacturer per 1000 inhabitants.

The coronavirus situation in Slovakia has not improved.

Suburban transport in Bratislava Region to improve, registration for regulated parking in Bratislava launched, utility regulator announces price caps for 2022.

The positivity rate of the tests has only increased slightly.

The regulatory authority has released caps for utility prices for 2022.

The city-wide parking policy will start in the first three zones on January 10, 2022.