The charged ex-PM Robert Fico (Smer) cannot be arrested, the parliament decided in a vote on May 4, 2022.

Charged Slovak ex-PM avoids arrest and pre-trial custody

Lawmakers rejected request for the arrest of former PM Robert Fico.

4. may 2022
The Patriot air defence system at the Sliač military airport, central Slovakia, on April 27, 2022.

Slovak air defence systems registered Russian bombing

Latest attacks as close as 100 km from the Slovak border.

4. may 2022
Ľuboš Blaha and Robert Fico during a protest in April 2022.

Slurs against president at Smer demo raise eyebrows in parliament

Quaestor of the European Parliament attended the event where slurs were chanted.

4. may 2022
GP Maroš Žilinka

Lipšic blocked in garage, Žilinka's loose wheels: Kuciak murder retrial continues

Court heard the testimonies of prosecutors whose murders the defendants are believed to have ordered.

and 2 more 4. may 2022
Men pose with underground mining equipment in the unused space in a Hnúšťa mine.

Hnúšťa to open museum with underground tours

The history of the town in the Gemer region is linked to mining.

4. may 2022
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3. may 2022

News digest: Slovakia will not back Russian oil embargo

Slovakia improves its position in a press freedom index. Ukrainian military vehicles will be repaired in Moldava nad Bodvou.

3. may 2022
Local civilians walk past a tank destroyed during heavy fighting in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces in Mariupol, Ukraine, on April 19, 2022.

Slovakia will repair Ukrainian armoured vehicles

Konštrukta-Defence, a state company, has signed a contract with Ukraine, Defence Ministry confirms.

3. may 2022
Smola a Hrušky's lead singer Jozef "Spoko" Kramár in the Slovak Paradise National Park.
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Smola a Hrušky has released a song to celebrate one of Slovakia's national parks

The song should help to promote the Slovak Paradise National Park.

3. may 2022
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3. may 2022
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Increase in solar energy use by Slovaks

The energy is least used in Bratislava.

3. may 2022
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3. may 2022
A journalist stands atop a destroyed vehicle after fights between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, April 6, 2022.

The end of the free press is the beginning of wars

On World Press Freedom Day we feel the need to make it clear that independent journalists are one of the last barriers protecting democratic societies from falling victim to autocracy.

3. may 2022

News digest: PM Heger and his BBC moments

FLOTUS will spend Mother's Day in Slovakia. Slovaks do not want to give up on Russian gas.

2. may 2022
Barbican masonry has been dug up in Trnava.

Archaeologists uncover part of a Trnava barbican

Remains of the fortified structure were found close to the Lower Gate.

2. may 2022
The Institute for Social Policy at the Labour Ministry has said 13 percent of the refugees, that is 5,254 people, found a job.

Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia clean and help in kitchens, but not for good

The latest data show that over 5,000 Ukrainian refugees are employed.

2. may 2022
Maypole in Žilina

This May, Slovakia has much to celebrate

Fico has decided to hijack the first of May, because too much is at stake for him.

2. may 2022
Slovak Telekom helps children and students not only to consume digital technologies but also to create new things with them.

A firm builds an army of digitally savvy Slovaks using a BBC product

Three companies are nominated for the Good Partner of the Community category.

2. may 2022
EU finances should be a key driver of forecast 1.5 percent y-o-y growth of the Slovak economy this year.

Poll: Slovaks against disconnecting from Russian gas

People don't want higher energy prices.

2. may 2022
First lady Jill Biden.

Jill Biden to meet Ukrainian refugees in Slovakia

Biden's five day trip will be the second one overseas by herself.

2. may 2022
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