Slovak Spectator

A funding fight and a weird phone deal are simultaneously haunting Slovak football
Amid intensifying criticism from Sports Minister Rudolf Huliak.

The state prescribed madness: When healthy people in Czechoslovakia were declared ill
From electroshock therapy to fabricated diagnoses, psychiatry became a weapon against nonconformity.

The Epstein associate who came from a Slovak town
Court records and emails trace Nadežda Marcinková’s unlikely rise through modelling, aviation and scandal.

Discovered 100 years ago, now one of Europe’s most extraordinary cave tours
Newly mapped tunnels and underground lakes make Domica Cave a must-see attraction in Slovak Karst National Park.

A year on, questions remain over death of homeless Ukrainian man in Bratislava
Police have yet to conclude their investigation after security footage showed a confrontation hours before the man was found injured near a shopping mall.

‘I’ve never been part of a better loss.’ Slovakia clinches the group
Dalibor Dvorský scored with 39 seconds left.

News digest: Soviets based nukes in Czechoslovakia, new archival discovery suggests
Robert Fico gets a student haircut, Košice might be Slovakia's most romantic – and possibly most dangerous – city, and a star of The Vampire Diaries swoops into Bratislava.

A dish from Slovak tables features in a new list of the world’s worst foods
A curious story behind it, dating back to the previous regime.

Immigration conflict in the 1500s
A now elite suburb was once known for growing cabbages.

Four can eat here for €15. A local butcher’s shop outsmarts expensive restaurants
A selection of short feel-good stories from Slovakia.

News digest: Fico to the Dutch — Smoke weed. Recognise 70 genders. Do not threaten us.
Danko claims Fico is eyeing a Constitutional Court post, loses his temper in parliament (again), plus weekend tips and the climate funds scandal.

Slovakia’s climate funds flow to golf courses and ski resorts
A new EU funding round has favoured private leisure projects, sidelining many small municipalities.

Why Slovakia’s Olympic team is wearing a Polish brand
A sponsorship agreement has ignited debate over national identity and the decline of the country’s once-vibrant garment industry.

Nearly 190 jobs at risk as British packaging group exits Martin
Factory closure adds to mounting pressure on one of Slovakia’s traditional industrial centres.

Low-cost airlines drive demand for new direct bus link to Bratislava airport
Slovak Lines introduces express shuttle between Nivy station and the airport from February 16.

Although stegosaurus fossils are rare, one is on display at Comenius University
The Faculty of Natural Sciences has added a hind-limb fossil of the dinosaur to its collection.

Weekend: See how Trenčín transforms into a cultural stage full of music, art and community
Here’s what to do during the weekend of 13-15 February.

3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days
Music, culture and community events will brighten main city this week.

News digest: Ice triumph in Milan, icy debate in Strasbourg
The Constitutional Court has spoken — and so have MEPs debating Slovakia.

In Slovakia, IKEA’s hottest seller is not a sofa — it is Swedish meatballs
Swedish retailer sells up to 4,500 meals a day in Slovakia, with restaurant revenues rising 11 percent.