The total number of PCR-confirmed cases has exceeded 856,600.

Zuzana Dlugošová on why she wanted to lead the Office for Protection of Whistleblowers and what cases her team deals with.

PM Heger will mark one year in his post. Observers agree he is most likely to stay.

Critics of the defence agreement talk about the loss of sovereignty, the ministry rejects it. Rules for entering Cyprus and the UK to change. Tomorrow is a national holiday.

Some politicians want theatres, cinemas and concert halls open for those fully vaccinated and recently recovered from Covid.

Kopčany's Church of St Margaret of Antioch includes the foundations of 12 Great Moravian churches.

Maroš Žilinka’s office sent 35 fundamental objections.

State vets ordered several measures.

The artistic work in Šaštín-Stráže has not changed much, unlike the lot.

Roman Hulín is fulfilling his dream behind the wheel of the new bus line.

Children will return to schools as scheduled. More than a million people in Slovakia have received the booster dose.

National emergency to remain in place even after curfew ends.

Nearly 153,000 foreign nationals are currently living in the country.

Ryan Martin Bradshaw has performed with several orchestras in Europe, despite his young age.

Schools will follow the traffic light system, while voluntary self-testing of pupils will remain in place.

Traders will be allowed to sell non-recyclable bottles during the first few months of the year.

Education minister plans on schools opening next Monday. Nine more Omicron cases confirmed.

The deputy minister says lower funding from the state budget is behind the decision.

The councillors have submitted a complaint in response.

Government seems to have given up or misunderstood - again.

The first time a park in Slovakia gets named after a Swede.

Ryanair to suspend flights for three weeks in January and Wizz Air eliminates some connections for several months.

The weather was especially warm.

They can still sell takeaway and provide delivery.

Positive trends don’t make headlines because the people who talk most publicly about these issues would need to admit their earlier theories were wrong.

The ageing population is leading to an increased burden on those of working age.

The Slovak president did not mention hospitals or vaccination in her New Year's address. She called on people not to get provoked by hatred.

Prepare for the festivities and take a look at stories that deserve to be reread.

If the law is proposed to parliament, it would not gain enough support. There is another option.

Hotels and restaurants will remain open after January 10. Prepare for the first weekend of 2022. Read more in today's digest.

Take a look at the most read stories The Slovak Spectator published this year.

Kežmarok district court decided on a lawsuit filed a few months ago.