IntroductionCovering an area of 9,455 square kilometres, Banská Bystrica represents the biggest region in Slovakia.It is full of contradiction. On one hand, it is rich in natural beauty, but on the ...

POOR BANSKÁ BYSTRICA - smack dab in the centre of Slovakia, with all the geographic credentials of a capital, the city has always been a handmaiden to Bratislava and to the foreign clients of its ...

Banská Bystrica (, also known by other alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the ...

The government is keen to see production at aluminium smelter Slovalco resume in 2027, Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) told a news conference after signing a memorandum of understanding on measures to ...

Ultra-nationalist Marian Kotleba was not expected to win the regional poll A right-wing extremist has been elected regional governor of Banska Bystrica in central Slovakia. Marian Kotleba won 55.5% of ...

Marian Kotleba, a far-right politician notorious for his anti-Roma rhetoric and appearances in a Nazi-style uniform, has won the local election in the Banská Bystrica region of Slovakia by 55.5%, ...