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The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov · Compared with the world

Slovakia

The zeitgeist this week

What stands out in Slovakia’s attention is Leaders and great powers (28.8%, 2.4× the world). The news sounds as usual.

Slovakia’s zeitgeist, by theme

Its Wikipedia reading this week, each page counted once, in its main theme · Select a theme to see what’s inside it · How it’s counted

Blind spots

Where attention and coverage don’t line up

  • Read more than coveredThe energy transition50×
Reading and news · 132.5k · Indicative

Slovakia · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Seen from inside and outside

How the world sees this country this week: the news abroad, pictures and videos.

Slovakia, officially the Slovak Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about 49,000 km2 (19,000 sq mi), hosting a population exceeding 5.4 million. The capital and largest city is Bratislava, while the second largest city is Košice. The Slavs arrived in the territory of the present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries.

From Wikipedia: Slovakia · CC BY-SA 4.0

Pictures

  • Slovak Paradise National Park
    Slovak Paradise National ParkSzeder László · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Former Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (current President of Slovakia) with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House, 2019
    Former Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini (current President of Slovakia) with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House, 2019The White House from Washington, DC · Public domain
  • A train in the northern town of Vysoké Tatry
    A train in the northern town of Vysoké TatryAndrzej Otrębski · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Comenius University headquarters in Bratislava
    Comenius University headquarters in BratislavaUniverzita Komenského v Bratislave · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wooden folk architecture can be seen in the well-preserved village of Vlkolínec, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
    Wooden folk architecture can be seen in the well-preserved village of Vlkolínec, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.10ricardo · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Bryndzové halušky, one of the national dishes in Slovakia
    Bryndzové halušky, one of the national dishes in SlovakiaVojtasekd · CC BY 4.0

Photos from Wikipedia’s articles, on Wikimedia Commons

Slovakia · The week of 7 Nov to 13 Nov

Who’s in the news

The people and organizations named in the most news stories about this place this week.

People

  1. Vladimir Putin

    62 stories

  2. Donald Trump

    51 stories

  3. Robert Fico

    2.6× last week

    47 stories

  4. Peter Pellegrini

    3.5× last week

    35 stories

  5. Donald Tusk

    12 stories

  6. Tibor Gaspar

    New

    10 stories

  7. Winston Churchill

    New

    9 stories

  8. Joseph Stalin

    8 stories

  9. Adolf Hitler

    7 stories

  10. Dmitry Peskov

    New

    7 stories

Organizations

  1. European Union

    33 stories

  2. European Council

    New

    6 stories

  3. Czech Television

    New

    3 stories

Names found in the news by the GDELT Project

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