Slovakia News

Junior coalition Za Ľudí party will elect its new leader soon. Since the election, they have been lingering under the electability threshold in polls.

Read your overview of news from Slovakia on Wednesday, July 15, 2020.

Improvements in business environment, strong support of the domestic start-ups and of human capital formation alongside further institutional improvements will be key.

The government filed a criminal complaint with former high state officials names in it.

The ruling coalitions plan to provide the state aid mainly to families with young children and people with disabilities.

Milouš Jakeš, the last Communist Party general secretary of Czechoslovakia, has died at the age of 97, it was announced on Tuesday. For many, the tin-eared Jakeš came to symbolise Normalisation-era politics and the disconnect between party officials and the public.

Chairman Robert Fico labelled the charges political bullying.

As of the next year, customers will have to pay more when shopping on websites like Aliexpress, due to custom fees and VAT.

Some 24 percent of Czech voters would favour a strong leader, according to a report from Bratislava think tank Globsec.

Almost all inhabitants of Slovakia are citizens.