Election, page 6

(source: TASR)

Parliamentary election takes place in Slovakia on February 29, 2020. Read more about the election here

Exit poll results will be published as soon as the moratorium is over, when the polling stations close at 22:00.

The 2020 election in Slovakia is expected to bring a change after two governments dominated by the Smer party of former prime minister Robert Fico, forced to step down in 2018 in the aftermath of the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová.

Igor Matovic on his victorious election night.

Election winner: It would be unfair to blame us for other parties’ low vote share

Ordinary People and Independent Personalities was on 5 percent in opinion polls last year but won election with 25 percent of the vote.

Igor Matovič during election night in Trnava.

Fico has been defeated by a man he used to call a clown

The responsibility of the new government will be immense.

The Slovak parliament approved the law on a 50-day moratorium on pre-election polls on November 26, 2019

Election 2020: What the parliament will look like

The distribution of seats in the 150-strong parliament based on election results.

Foreign media praise OĽaNO's exit poll victory

Anti-corruption party wins most votes, BBC reported.

Polling room.

Election 2020: Igor Matovič marks an historic victory over Smer

The result is a debacle for the ruling coalition, liberals from PS/Spolu left out in the cold.

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2020 elections: Polling stations opened

Moratorium has been extended to 23:00.

Bratislava airport

A record number of Slovaks fly home for the 2020 elections

Some 86,000 Slovaks living abroad have already been reported to have cast their vote by post.

Czechoslovakia's 1920 Constitution was a forward-looking legal document, which granted the right to vote to all women and men in the country. It was signed a centenary ago, on February 29.

Women’s suffrage marks 100 years on election day in Slovakia

The Czechoslovak Constitution was adopted on February 29, 1920, precisely a hundred years before Slovakia's 2020 elections.

Election: What you can expect from the Spectator's coverage

The Slovak Spectator will publish live results and political analyses February 29-March 1.

Zuzana Čaputová

Čaputová said election is not the end of the road, Danko believes Slovakia is at a crossroad of history

Three top constitutional officials called on voters to turn out to vote on Saturday.

ĽSNS chair Marian Kotleba (centre).

NGOs have stood up against Kotleba and others’ attacks

Organisations also analysed which political parties are NGO-friendly.

Second "secret poll" confirms observers' expectations

Slovakia's voters defied the ban on polls through a crowdfunding campaign.

The parliament, illustrative stock photo

MPs rejected the Istanbul Convention again

The president respects the parliament's decision and wants to discuss further steps with the ministry after elections.

Slovak far right courts youth vote in pivotal ballot

As Slovakia prepares to vote on Saturday, thousands of young voters are expected to opt for a far-right party that many would call neo-Nazi. What gives?

Students attend the Fridays for Future Slovakia gathering in Bratislava on September 20, 2019.

Climate crisis survey: No party gets an A+

Most parties, however, support a climate emergency declaration.

Michal Truban and Miroslav Beblavý of PS/Spolu

Which parties pay most attention to key economic challenges for Slovakia?

After employers and the INESS think tank, Slovak Economic Society (SES) delivered its evaluation of election programmes.

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán (centre) and his Slovak counterpart Peter Pellegrini (centre-left) during their visit at the transit zone for migrants in Röszke on the Hungarian-Serbian border.

Ethnic Hungarians should not be divided into good and bad

The identity of Slovakia's Hungarians cannot be based on how they feel about Orbán.

Slovakia remembered victims, Fico remembered himself

Parliament has provided enough material for a political comedy movie once the Slovak movie directors get tired of thrillers and dramas based on current events.

PM Peter Pellegrini

PM Pellegrini taken to hospital

He had to cancel his pre-election programme.

The badges reading "NO in our country".

A hard NO to extremism and fear-mongering ahead of elections

Several organisations and initiatives are launching a get-out-the-vote campaign in the last week before the vote.

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