Popular hiking trails off-limits, Fico adviser cleared of corruption charges, foreigners back in populists’ crosshairs and a shooting in Bratislava.

The German supplier is cutting thousands of jobs across Europe amid falling demand for car parts, while betting on humanoid robots for growth.

The Supreme Court upheld David Lindtner’s acquittal.

From housing shortages to legal paperwork, Yana Prokopovych helps newcomers tackle the practical and emotional challenges of starting over.

Music, dance, drama, art and design give students opportunities to discover their talents and express themselves.

ESET Science Award jury member Shelley McKeown Jones on the difficulty of bringing people together.

With her guide dog and help from others, she campaigned for a council seat in central Slovakia. She lost, but plans to remain active in her community.

Donated by a local family, the fir tree will be lit on 27 November. The Christmas market will run until early January.

A Slovak human rights investigation found nine cases of suspected ethnic discrimination during 25 flat viewings in Banská Bystrica.

A tank, soldiers and an old bus took over an open-air museum in northern Slovakia for a film about a little-known chapter of the Second World War.

Slovakia joins efforts to return Ukrainian children deported to Russia, Slovak groups back a Czech public media strike, and diesel tops €2 a litre.

The Japanese steelmaker has bought a local sheet-metal processor as it seeks to turn Košice into a hub for its European operations.

The winter schedule includes 53 routes.

Chemists Hana and Dalimil Dvořák say rich have obligation to give money back to society.

Seasonal restrictions will remain in place until the end of May. A full list of closed trail sections is available below.

Will the Russian embassy be allowed more staff? We still don’t know.

Read about Paul Newman’s correspondence with his relatives, an American considering a move to Slovakia, and a Lithuanian making a life in the country’s north.

Seven cultural highlights for your diary.

Tesco in Slovakia is to get a new owner, an investigation into donated military equipment to Ukraine is revived, and shops will open on the 1 November holiday.

The town flip-flopped on whether Catholic and Protestant children should be taught together.