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Slovensko leader Igor Matovič

News digest: Former prime minister is plotting a “coup”

Smer expelled from Europe’s socialists, Fico preaching ‘peace’ in Košice, and Smer paying to attack journalists online.

Outgoing Russian Ambassador Sergey Andreyev during a wreath-laying ceremony in Warsaw on 9 May to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Russia’s Bratchikov leaves, another Kremlin propagandist arrives

Sergey Andreyev, known for supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine, is set to become the new Russian ambassador to Slovakia.

Ukraine’s prime minister, Yuliia Svyrydenko, and Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, before a joint meeting of the Slovak and Ukrainian governments at the Historic Town Hall in Košice on 17 October 2025.

Fico and Svyrydenko toast to ‘just peace’ in Ukraine during Slovak–Ukrainian talks

At a joint government meeting in Košice, PM Fico calls for diplomacy and a ‘sustainable peace’, reaffirming support for Ukraine’s sovereignty.

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Slovak PM and SMER leader Robert Fico arrives for a press conference on the Party of European Socialists congress decision on his party’s full membership, Bratislava, 8 December 2009.

PM Fico’s party expelled from Europe’s socialists after long rift

Expulsion of Slovak leader’s Smer marks end of uneasy 20-year relationship with Europe’s centre left as party drifts toward nationalist right.

Daniel Madarász

Slovak man jailed for pushing German tourist off Brno castle wall files complaint

Daniel Madarász is serving a prison sentence for attempted murder, which he continues to deny.

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Woman charged after her baby found dead in washing machine

Mother in Bratislava faces up to eight years in prison for alleged killing of newborn.

News digest: Backlash abroad, backlash at home

Bulgaria blasts Pellegrini, church and private schools rise up, and the past is literally dismantled in Bratislava. Here’s your Thursday in Slovakia.

Participants in a protest against the approval of the Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA) between the Slovak and US governments outside parliament in February 2022.

Slovakia quietly fulfils defence deal once condemned as “treason”

Despite fierce opposition in 2022, Bratislava continues to implement its defence pact with Washington, while politicians who once denounced it now oversee its operation.

Daniel Hoťka
The statue of Marek Čulen in the upper part of Námestie Slobody square.

‘Symbol of unfreedom’ removed: Capital takes down monument to communist official

The statue will be transferred to the Bratislava City Gallery’s depository.

Part of the Slovak team, from left: Miroslav Caboň, Slavomír Adamčík, Soňa Jančovičová.
Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks at the expert conference “Consolidation 2026: A Guarantee in the Fight Against Tax Fraud” in Bratislava on 15 October 2025.

News digest: Fico’s Brussels blow-up, desert diplomacy & vaccine ally probe

Slovakia issues crisis guide as EU warns on Russia, Košice taps earth’s heat — and in the Tatras, bears run the “night shift”. Here’s how Wednesday went down in Slovakia.

Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok

Slovakia publishes crisis handbook amid EU warnings on Russia

Three years after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Slovakia issues a civil defence guide – but its minister again avoids naming Moscow as the aggressor.

The Bory Hospital.
PM Robert Fico/General Prosecutor Maroš Žilinka

News digest: PM Fico’s had enough of general prosecutor

Train crash updates, intersex rights irony, and a well-earned nod to Slovenská sporiteľňa. Here’s what got Slovakia talking on Tuesday.

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More vaccination sites open across Slovakia

The Health Ministry assures there are enough doses of the updated Comirnaty vaccine.

Opposition MPs from the KDH and, in the background, coalition MPs from the SNS applaud after the amendment to the constitution was approved on 26 September 2025 in Bratislava.

How an unlikely majority gave PM Fico a constitutional triumph

The Slovak leader’s coalition fell short on paper – until opposition lawmakers crossed the aisle, reshaping both the constitution and the political map.

PM Robert Fico

News digest: Fico grabs the Orbán playbook (again) — Brussels, brace yourself

From Florida “diplomacy” to Fico’s election shuffle and a justice twist — just another Monday in Slovakia.

The fire of the apartment building on Nevädzová Street.

Fatal fire breaks out in high-rise in Bratislava’s Ružinov borough

The Fire and Rescue Corps estimated the damage at €600,000.

Rescuers at the site of the train collision.

Dozens injured in train crash in southeastern Slovakia

One train was left hanging over a slope.

Actress Madelaine Petsch (l) and singer and presenter Kelly Clarkson (r)
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News digest: Move over, politicians — US stars just sold Slovakia better

A forgotten masterpiece returns, Slovakia’s top scientists are honoured, and the government approves the 2026 budget.