Recent news about Starbucks coming to Bratislava has caused an increase in social media discussions in the past couple of days, with split views on whether this will be a positive or negative influence in the city.
A HISTORICAL document of the Trnava city office from November 20, 1710, concerning the special devotion of the city to the Virgin Mary, was read during a festive Mass on November 15. This was followed by a procession with the revered painting of the Virgin Mary.
Young people and their projects help people and their environment to improve.
TEACHERS from Bratislava queued up at the National Transfusion Service in the borough of Ružinov to donate blood as part of a Health Day, involving more than 200 schools in Slovakia, which was organised to point to the poor state of education in the country.
Eastern European countries including Slovakia could be kicked out of the Schengen Zone, according to a proposal which was presented on November 19 at the EU interior ministers meeting, the Daily Mail reported on November 18. The Slovak Interior Ministry denies the existence of such a plan.
TERRORISM is a global contagion that does not know any borders, religious or ethnic affiliation, said Slovak Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign and European Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajčák.
A STRINGENT security regime has been put in place in Slovakia since the terror attacks in Paris, which has resulted in the arrests of some 20 people who were residing in Slovakia illegally, the TASR newswire reported on November 19.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has initiated legal proceedings against Slovakia for violating the rules of the EU.
