Slovak Spectator

Kaufland faces union complaints over working conditions in Slovakia
Retailer praised for HR standards accused of long work cycles and staff monitoring during collective bargaining talks.

Scientists in Slovakia helping design light sensitive molecule to fight cancer
The potential treatment should be gentler and more targeted compared to currently used chemicals.

What forty women in Bratislava taught me about love
February surrounds us with symbols of love, yet its most authentic expression often arrives in small, unplanned moments.

Oligarch Jozef Brhel, linked to PM Fico’s party, found guilty in corruption case – avoids prison
The first-instance verdict, delivered after more than three years of trial proceedings, is not final.

News digest: Fico meets Rubio, points finger at Kyiv over halted oil flows
Western Slovakia pupils on holiday, Roma king dies — and will orphaned bear cubs survive?

Bratislava’s newest import? Giant cinnamon rolls
A popular US bakery chain has opened at Nivy.

A phone deal leaves Slovakia’s football association answering difficult calls
Amid intensifying criticism from Sports Minister Rudolf Huliak.

How Czechoslovak psychiatrists helped the communist regime
Those who refused to conform were not jailed — they were diagnosed.

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.