Weekend picks, the best apple of 2025, and German investors fret over Slovakia’s growing costs and shaky outlook.

Survey finds businesses cautious on investment and hiring as labour expenses climb.

How 10 influential bourgeois and noble families shaped Bratislava’s culture, economy and identity – and how history ultimately erased them from the city.

A selection of short feel-good stories from Slovakia.

Museum purges roll on, a Nigerian footballer finds home in Slovakia, and a Canadian company riles Pezinok.

Slovak firms profit from paid medical appointment bookings as oversight remains weak.

Local firefighters refuse to supply water after discovering they were helping an antimony search near Pezinok.

Mathew Yakubu’s unlikely journey from West Africa to central Europe.

Claims of favouritism, talk of “last tax havens in Slovakia”, and a legendary keeper losing his hut after 50 years.

The annual closure helps protect wildlife and plants in the Tatra mountains.

From open studios and orchestral concerts to a thought-provoking theatre performance.

Here's what to do during the weekend of November 7-9.

A new project could turn electricity into heat – and back again – helping the grid stay balanced and green. 

Thousands rally in Bratislava to oust spy chief, as top events and small bright moments lift the day.

Slovak hymns, coal dust, and holy palms burned in the furnace: how my family carried a whole country inside a small American mining town.

My roots were Slovak, but my life was American — until I chose to change that. Running a café in Bratislava, I’ve found community and a place that feels like home.

Experience a guided Sahaja Yoga meditation, enjoy a hilarious Irish farce, and attend a concert without applause.

Who dominates the alcohol market in the country and how they fared in 2024.

The meaning is irrelevant to the beauty of a word like pštros, the "pš" springing upward like a diver only to jackknife and sluice down into the "tros" with a splash.

Opposition therapy, Bratislava edges toward Christmas, and a Swiss fact to round off your day.