From a new river promenade to renovated cultural landmarks, European Capital of Culture projects aim to strengthen the city’s public and cultural infrastructure.

Holocaust witness dies, Purgatory corruption case goes to trial, Polish deaths rise in Slovak mountains.

Workers must choose between employer settlement and filing a tax return.

More than 2,300 investigations were dropped after new thresholds and limitation rules took effect in 2024.

Nearly 600 verified sightings provide the first systematic picture of the Aesculapian snake in the city.

The ruling allows indictments filed in 2021 against figures linked to the Smer era to proceed to trial.

A recent controversy asks whether a joke statue should still represent Bratislava.

National Gallery visitor slump, African hair salon, Vlhová’s Olympic return.

The discount chain will open its first outlet in Bratislava.

The planned hub will link schools, experts and industry in drone technology, robotics and data analysis.

A controversial slogan used in online recruitment advertising has angered former staff laid off last summer.

‘Degustories’ to highlight histories, flavours, people, and places linked with gastronomy of 2026 European Capital of Culture.

The Korňa oil spring is a rare survivor of central Europe’s natural oil seeps.

MPs spent a night in parliament and the general prosecutor turned on the government. 

A composed, high-level performance earned the Slovak side a place in the last 16.

What began in a living room with a suitcase of synthetic hair has grown into Awa Mangara’s Bratislava salon.

High Tatras avalanche tragedy, Slovakia’s underused EU funds, and Fico delivers another monologue at a high school.

New England head coach Mike Vrabel, leading the Patriots in the NFL final, descends from a family whose roots lie in what is now Slovakia.

A selection of short feel-good stories from Slovakia.

Coalition increasingly rehabilitates Mečiar, fighter jet donation to Ukraine upheld, sugar refinery shuts down.