Central Europe ‘vulnerable’ to foreign meddling: report
The Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia are “particularly vulnerable” to influence from Russia, China and Turkey, according to a report…
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Four charged over Slovakia journalist murder
Slovakia’s Special Prosecutor’s Office has filed charges against prominent Slovak tycoon Marian Kocner and another three people in the murder…
Ex-soldier ‘admits’ to Slovak journalist murder
A former Slovak soldier Miroslav Marcek has confessed to the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina…
Liberals hail Slovak presidential triumph
Slovakia’s first female president says her victory proved “you can win without attacking your opponents”, after championing progressive values and…
Liberal poised to buck populist trend in Slovak election
Anti-corruption, liberal lawyer Zuzana Caputova (pictured) appears poised to win Slovakia’s presidential election today (Saturday), defying a trend towards anti-European…
Slovak rallies demand election
Thousands of Slovaks have protested for a third week to demand early elections, saying the resignation of Prime Minister Robert…
Fico under fire over journalist murder
Tens of thousands of protesters in Bratislava have marked the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend. The 27-year-old…
Slovak fraud-busting journalist shot dead
Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancé, Martina Kušnírová, have been shot dead in their home to the east…
EU rejects migrant challenge
The EU’s principal court has rejected a challenge by Hungary and Slovakia to a migrant relocation agreement devised at the…
Slovakia’s anti-migrant PM set for re-election
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has close ties with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Source: Wikimedia Slovaks look set to give a…
Slovak PM ‘feels betrayed’ by gas deal
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico says his country “feels betrayed” by the deal. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The prime ministers of…
Slovak PM ‘feels betrayed’ by gas deal
Slovac Prime Minister Robert Fico says his country “feels betrayed” by the deal. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. The prime ministers of…
EU’s passport-free Schengen zone has “fallen apart”, says Slovakia’s foreign minister
Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Slovakia’s foreign minister says the European Union’s Schengen zone, which allows passport-free travel…
Seven die, 31 parachutists escape as planes collide in Slovakia
Interior Minister Robert Kalinak. Photo: Pavol Freso/Wikimedia Commons. Seven people died when two planes carrying dozens of parachutists collided over western…
Seven die, 31 parachutists escape as planes collide in Slovakia
Interior Minister Robert Kalinak. Photo: Pavol Freso/Wikimedia Commons. Seven people died when two planes carrying dozens of parachutists collided over western…
Jaguar likely to build new plant in Slovakia
Slovak Republic Prime Minister Robert Fico. Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Jaguar Land Rover looks likely to build a new factory, with…