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Financial literacy among young people in Slovakia is low: Tips for young people on how to manage money better

Financial literacy in Slovakia has long been below the European Union average. What can young people do to become better at managing their finances?

3 min

Platform X will pay a fine of 120 million euros for violating the rules

Elon Musk's social network has broken European rules and will pay a hefty fine. This is the first financial penalty under the Digital Services Act.

4 min

Petra reports hate speech to social media: YouTube completely ignores us

Petra monitors online hate speech. Most illegal posts are ignored by social networks.

3 min

Ban on Political Advertising Threatens Nonprofits

Meta has banned political advertising on its networks. Experience shows that this measure has also affected non-profit organizations.

3 min

How do young people in Slovakia use social networks?

Social networks are an integral part of young people's lives. According to surveys, they spend 3-5 hours on them daily. The results of the first Slovak survey show which networks teenagers in Slovakia use most often.

5 min

Ema trains seniors about the digital world: Intergenerational education teaches us empathy

University student Ema Ištvánfyová teaches seniors how to use digital technologies safely: According to her, intergenerational education makes a lot of sense.

3 min

Riaditeľ Rady mládeže Košického kraja: Mladí nie sú budúcnosť, sú silou dneška

Mladí ľudia môžu meniť veci už dnes - ak majú priestor a hlas. Radoslav Blaško, riaditeľ Rady mládeže Košického kraja, vysvetľuje, ako participácia mladých funguje v praxi a prečo na nej záleží.

9 min

What is it like to work at a unique club for young people in Spiš?

In the small town of Spišská Belá in eastern Slovakia, a unique club has been operating for 15 years, where mainly young people spend their free time. Its coordinator - 21-year-old Jakub Varga - told us what working in this club is like.

8 min

Alžbeta Palkoci zo Ženského algoritmu: Ženy v technologických odvetviach potrebujeme

Na Slovensku patrí zastúpenie žien v STEM odboroch k najnižším v Európe. Podľa Alžbety Palkoci dievčatám často nechýba talent, ale vzory, reálna skúsenosť a podmienky, ktoré by ich na túto cestu pripravili.

5 min

Andrea founded an organization for young people with disabilities in Orava: "If we didn't exist, they would just be at home"

Andrea founded an organization for young people with disabilities while in college. Today, she organizes clubs for them throughout the Žilina region.

7 min

Travel by train for free across Europe

Thanks to the DiscoverEU programme, young Europeans are travelling by train for free. What are their experiences?

4 min

They say they’re lazy. How to adapt the job market to Generation Z?

Some employers label Generation Z as lazy. What can Zoomers really offer the job market?

9 min

AI robs us of creativity and impairs critical thinking: What can young people do about it?

According to a new study, overuse of AI can rob people of creativity and critical thinking. What do young people think?

5 min

Gen Z at work: What are we really like?

Generation Z young people are not spoken of in superlatives on the job market. How do they perceive themselves?

16 min