Water accumulating from severe rainfall has flooded houses in almost every region of Slovakia, with even places without rivers being affected due to water draining from fields and mountains, Interior Minister Robert Kalinak said on Wednesday.

Around a hundred of protesters against the parade Rainbow Pride gathered in Hviezdoslavovo Square on Saturday, including dozens of supporters of the People's Party - Our Slovakia, a political party led by former leaders of extremist movement Slovenska Pospolitost.

To support the discussion on the rights of sexual minorities in Slovakia, the Netherlands Embassy in Slovakia, with its partners the Queers Leaders Forum and the Slovak Debate Association, organizes three public debates for high school pupils. The students debates follow Rainbow Pride Bratislava 2010 and will take place in Bratislava, Košice and Prešov. Debates are an original way how to deal with it a thought-provoking topic, because it shows the pros as well as the cons of the debated issue in competitive and catching way.

Rainbow PRIDE Bratislava 2010 will take place in Slovak capital Bratislava on May 22nd. It will be first Slovak march for human rights of non-heterosexual people, their social and political equalization and first celebration of gay and lesbian pride in Slovakia.
PRIDE is the opposite of the word "shame" which lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender people still experience just because of their "non-majority" sexual orientation and gender identity.

Most (70 percent) of the ethnic-Hungarians living in Slovakia feel as safe as ever despite the escalation of tension in Slovak-Hungarian relations, according to a sociological survey carried out in late March.

Almost 90 percent of respondents consider preserving their Hungarian nationality to be important, 67 percent think that their nationality needs to be preserved under any circumstances, with 52 percent determined to do so even at the cost of being discriminated against.

Slovak bus drivers may well go on strike on Tuesday next week (May 25th). If the KOVO Unions Association, the Slovak Bus Transport (SAD) and regional governments don't reach an agreement concerning benefits for employees, the drivers are ready to come out on strike.

The following joint press release is issued by Embassies of: Australia, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Holland, Ireland, Canada, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden, Slovenia, Germany, UK, USA, Spain and EC representation.

More than five months have passed since an introduction of the state assistance scheme for people who have lost their jobs due to the economic crisis and aren't able to repay their mortgages and it has not been used by a single person yet.

Sometimes treatment abroad seems so much cheaper than it is at home. Zuzana is from Slovakia and lives in Ireland. Last year she decided she wanted to get braces so she asked around about how much it would cost her. She called a few Irish clinics and the price quoted was €4500 including all fittings and adjustments. Using family connections at home, Zuzana found out the same services in Slovakia would cost €1060.

According to a survey carried out by the MVK Agency and published on Monday, the strongest coalition party Smer-SD would have gained 42 percent of the votes if a general election had taken place in January.