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Sat, 23 Jan 2021 10:50:02 +0000Coronavirus in Slovakia: 1,544 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 234,500.
Published: Saturday, January 23, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Sat, 23 Jan 2021 06:50:02 +0000
Who’s the foreigner in this country now?
The virus has highlighted some differences between migrants and locals, but erased others.
Published: Saturday, January 23, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 23:50:02 +0000
Roundup: Košice pays tribute to one of the world’s greatest male ballet dancers
The State Theatre Košice has premiered a new ballet performance about Rudolf Nureyev online.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:50:01 +0000
News digest: Slovakia has passed the peak of the second wave, health minister says
Polish doctors will help take swabs in Slovakia this weekend. People who have had COVID can just show their positive test result.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:50:01 +0000
Vaccine hesitancy down, but still above EU average
Survey shows less than half of Slovaks believe vaccination is the only way to end the pandemic.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 15:50:02 +0000
Roundup: Košice to pay tribute to one of the world’s greatest male ballet dancers
On January 22, the State Theatre Košice premieres a new ballet performance about Rudolf Nureyev online.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 14:20:02 +0000
Czechoslovak WWII veteran of Tobruk, Dunkirk battles dies at age 101
A Czechoslovak veteran of World War II who fought in the battles of Tobruk and Dunkirk has died at the age of 101, Czech Television reported. Bernard Papánek, who immigrated to Israel in the 1960s lived out his final days in Slovakia, where he died ...
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 12:50:02 +0000
Nationwide COVID-19 testing – and criticism – starts again
Longer ‘screening’ different to October operation.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 11:20:02 +0000
Roundup: The 1972 Olympic champion Ondrej Nepela born 70 years ago
The Slovak figure skater performed his first Olympic skate routine at the age of 13 at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:50:01 +0000
Nationwide COVID-19 testing – and criticism - starts again
Longer ‘screening’ different to October operation.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 09:20:01 +0000
Coronavirus in Slovakia: 1,785 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 233,000.
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 08:50:01 +0000
Fashion brands mean nothing to me. Professional hockey player about his life in central Slovakia
In an entertaining interview, the down-to-earth ice hockey player, Ján Sýkora, talks about being a busy bee with a poor memory.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Fri, 22 Jan 2021 07:50:02 +0000
Czechoslovak veteran of Tobruk, Dunkirk battles dies aged 101
Czechoslovak veteran of Tobruk, Dunkirk battles dies aged 101
Published: Friday, January 22, 2021Full story: Radio Prague
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 21:20:02 +0000
Old-age pension scheme gains three new features
Brand new parental bonus raises concerns.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:50:02 +0000
Bratislava launches reservation system for testing points on public transport vehicles
Bratislava public transport company will offer 50 vehicles for testing.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:50:02 +0000
News digest: Weekend testing will be possible on buses as well as in companies
Numbers of victims of human trafficking is alarming. Coronavirus spreads among homeless people in Bratislava.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:20:02 +0000
Deputy PM Holý lied about his exception when travelling to Britain
Corruption demonstrated by a scientist who was barred from travelling.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 17:20:02 +0000
Extremely well-crafted piece of work. Hollywood Reporter praises Slovak film about holocaust
The film is a Slovak candidate for the Oscars.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 13:20:02 +0000
Swimming stadium in Podolí declared national cultural monument
The swimming stadium in Prague’s district of Podolí, one of the iconic examples of Czechoslovakia’s 1960s architecture, was recently declared a national cultural monument. The complex of three swimming pools, built on the site of a former cement...
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 12:50:01 +0000
Critical voices raised against the reported plans to weaken the fight against extremism
General Prosecutor Maroš Žilinka plans organisational changes, but not everybody likes them.
Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:20:01 +0000
We are like the Detva mafia, says a hockey player who lost a bet with his wife
In an entertaining interview, the down-to-earth ice-hockey player, Ján Sýkora, talks about being a busy bee with a poor memory.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:20:01 +0000
Unknown liturgical objects found near Hubina village
Finders continued to search with a metal detector but did not manage to find more objects.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:20:01 +0000
New hotspot in Bratislava identified among homeless people
The capacity of the local quarantine town has been doubled.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 11:20:01 +0000
How will testing in companies look? The plan has been released
The families of employees can be tested, too.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Thu, 21 Jan 2021 09:20:01 +0000
Coronavirus in Slovakia: 2,464 new cases confirmed (graphs)
The total number of cases has exceeded 231,200.
Published: Thursday, January 21, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 18:20:02 +0000
Slovakia ready to be a partner of the US as Biden is inaugurated
Transatlantic ties highlighted.
Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:50:02 +0000
News digest: Slovakia will receive more than 4 million vaccines
Schools will continue with distance education. Curfew will be applied on January 25 and 26 too.
Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 16:50:02 +0000
More aggressive COVID strain probably dominant in Slovakia. It is not necessarily bad news
Virologists report they have found that the B.1.1.7 strain, first detected in the UK, is dominant in the samples from Trenčín.
Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 15:20:02 +0000
Prosecutor’s office reportedly plans to weaken the department fighting extremism
The proposal has raised several critical reactions.
Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator
Wed, 20 Jan 2021 14:50:02 +0000
I receive more hate mail than I used to, says outgoing transparency watchdog director
Gabriel Šípoš leaves Transparency International Slovakia after 11 years. Slovakia has gone a long way in transparency, he says.
Published: Wednesday, January 20, 2021Full story: Slovak Spectator