Gold and coal were mined in the mountains but the gold in Jedľové Kostoľany was not of the best quality, according to a 1768 report by a mining expert, Ján Sepp, from Banská Štiavnica. The very first ...

Canada's World Cup story, however, began four decades earlier thanks in part to a Slovak immigrant. The country made its World Cup debut at the 1986 tournament in Mexico – the same edition in which ...

The state-owned nuclear regulator, the Nuclear Regulatory Authority, approved the reactor’s commissioning last week, clearing the way for Slovenské elektrárne to start fuel loading on Monday, 29 June.

Slovakia launches a pilot version of its National Integrated Ticket on 1 July, a system enabling passengers to purchase a single ticket for journeys involving multiple public transport operators. The ...

At universities and colleges in the United States, spring break is a time for both students and employees to travel. There ...

The Czech Republic could reach the EU average within a decade. Slovakia may not get there for another 50 years.

VAT-registered companies will have to exchange invoices through the Peppol network under new rules aimed at improving tax ...

Two new arrivals are stealing the spotlight across the social media. At the Bojnice Zoo, female red panda Bambu gave birth to ...

When the heat ends, likely low voter turnout at Saturday’s referendum, and the animal that quietly transform the landscape. While neighbouring countries shattered temperature records several times ...

Slovak and Ukrainian leaders plan talks in Lviv, Robert Fico targets a public broadcaster journalist, and a rare visitor in ...

A child was injured after being struck by a tram in Bratislava's Karlova Ves borough on Tuesday. The accident happened on ...

The Slovak language was part of everyday life in Erick Macek’s childhood, even though he grew up thousands of kilometres from ...