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The scene following the shooting of Prime Minister Robert Fico during an off-site government meeting in Handlová, Prievidza District, on 15 May 2024.

In Slovakia, the prime minister was shot. A third of the country is not so sure

A new poll reveals a startling level of scepticism about the attempt on Robert Fico’s life – and a deeper distrust in the state.

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From left: Defence Committee chair Richard Glück, Deputy Speaker Tibor Gašpar and Government Office head Juraj Gedra, all from Smer, at a press conference following an emergency Security Council meeting in Bratislava on Thursday, 15 May 2025.
Devín Castle

Top 10 events in Bratislava for foreigners

Enjoy music in all its variety, dance at a roller disco, and try to visit all of Bratislava’s museums in a single day.

City Walls Festival

3 free things to do in Bratislava in the next seven days

Visit museums, enjoy music or party in daylight.

News digest: Coalition and opposition voters find something to agree on

Slovak ice-hockey players victorious, learn about the curious Slovak wedding traditions, and Slovak Academy of Sciences institute blasts Covid vaccine report.

Marshal Ivan Konev in Prague in 1945

Putin backs Fico’s plan for monument to Soviet marshal

Prague removed its monument to Ivan Konev five years ago.

A new sugar tax introduced by the Slovak government has significantly raised prices.
A glass-walled cabin in eastern Slovakia

Add unique dimension to stargazing by spending night in glass cabins

New eco-friendly accommodation opens in Slovakia’s Rudohorie mountains.

If you happen to be part of a Slovak wedding (svadba), things can go from an idyllic image to downright strange.

Kidnapping and virginity: brace yourself for a Slovak wedding

Some of the more traditional wedding rituals seem shocking today.

Eric Smillie
Prime Minister Robert Fico in the STV studio shortly before the start of the political programme "O 5 minút 12" on 30 May 2010 in Bratislava.

News digest: Fico’s latest target? Sunday TV debates

A US conspiracy theorist wants to visit Slovakia. In Košice, a banner branded Fico a traitor.

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