Stadler wins $114m contract to supply new KISS trains to Slovakia

Stadler has secured a new contract worth €100m ($113.6m) from the Slovak state-owned passenger train company Zeleznicna spolocnost Slovensko (ZSSK) to deliver four KISS double-decker trains. Additionally, the contract includes an option for ZSSK to acquire …

Feature: One man, one farm: witness to a 69-year legacy of evolving China-Slovakia cooperation

BRATISLAVA, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Nearly 69 years ago, the Czechoslovak Republic made a historic gesture by gifting 670 sets of advanced agricultural machinery to the newly-founded People's Republic of China. Alongside the agricultural equipment, …

News digest: Slovakia nosedives in World Press Freedom Index

Good evening. Here is the Friday, May 2 edition of Today in Slovakia - the main news of the day in less than five minutes. Culture fans, mark your calendars: from 3 to 7 May, Bratislava turns into a stage for ISTROPOLITANA PROJECT '25 – a vibrant …

INTERVIEW: Slovakia Hopes Mutual Business Advances with Japan

Newsfrom Japan Society May 2, 2025 19:08 (JST) Tokyo, May 2 (Jiji Press)--Slovakia hopes for more investment from Japanese companies while asking Slovak firms to perform more actively in Japan, Slovak Ambassador to Japan Ivan Surkos said in a recent …

EU officials highlight Slovakia's progress during its 21 years in the union

Every week The Slovak Spectator brings you a selection of three short stories from across Slovakia from which pessimism and negativity are absent. EC accentuates the positives of Slovakia's 21 years in the EU Article continues after video advertisement …

Slovakia at odds over Europe’s future rules of the game

Twenty-one years after joining the European Union — on 1 May 2004 — Slovakia finds itself at a crossroads. While membership has brought economic growth, billions in investment and a sense of security in uncertain times, national leaders and political …

Slovakia: Brawl

Roma Settlements in Slovakia

Ethnologist and Roma expert – Arne Mann (72) has worked at the Institute of Ethnology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences since 1983. He has been working near the settlements for approximately 40 years, thanks to which he is intimately familiar not only with …

Stadler expands its presence in Slovakia with new KISS trains

  “Stadler trains have been running successfully in Slovakia for more than a year. I am pleased that we will once again deliver state-of-the-art KISS units to Slovak Railways. Thanks to their innovative design, these vehicles will offer the highest level …

Hungary & Slovakia to Expand Number of Border Crossing Points

The Hungarian authorities have shared that the country has agreed with Slovakia to expand the number of border crossing points between the two countries. As part of this move, Hungary and Slovakia will plan the construction of three new bridges and four …