A selection of short feel-good stories from Slovakia.

Weekend tips, a new ammunition plant and a wooden church in Orava.

Kalkýš, a traditional baked recipe once common in farming regions, is returning to local kitchens.

The Moon will obscure much of the Sun during a short but striking celestial display.

ZSSK introduces pay-as-you-go travel via an app.

ZVS Holding and France’s Eurenco plan €300 million factory in eastern Slovakia producing propellant charges.

A Czech media outlet says a billionaire-linked investment platform paid the firm for analyses while his companies won Slovak defence deals.

Celebrate International Women’s Day or visit a contemporary art exhibition.

Here’s what to do during the weekend of 6-8 March.

Anti-corruption detectives branded an organised crime group, a mansion with secret doors and what’s on in Bratislava.

A silent protest met Moscow’s diplomat after a mayor invited him despite a council warning.

Witnesses include figures tied to PM Robert Fico’s party and government, repeating claims long made by Smer.

Slovakia’s Betliar manor reveals strange heating tech and a book smaller than a matchbox.

The regional authority and the station operator blame each other.

Like Verona, a young woman who left for Argentina in the 1920s, I hope to make it to Europe one day.

Back the national basketball team, swap books (and clothes), and remember – art will never be silent.

The wooden chalice is, however, quite rare.

A dramatic escalation in the 'war in the police' as detectives who investigated Fico are arrested en masse.

Ministers call for prevention, digital health tools and reforms to keep older people in work.

After a dramatic renovation, Nitra’s Old Park is now in the running for an architecture award.