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Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenický (Smer).

News digest: Slovakia’s big bond experiment starts today

The difficulties of translating a Slovak video game, police officer suspected of beating children.

Peter Pellegrini.

News digest: Pellegrini tops trust poll, but many remain skeptical

A young Slovak becomes an airline pilot, Košice removes Kuciak memorial, and the Kyiv-Bratislava train speeds up.

News digest: Fico takes on Slovakia’s “biggest problem” – or so he says

A taxi driver attacked by three women and a man with a shovel – plus a message from the Lutheran Church to politicians.

PM Robert Fico (Smer, left) and MP Michal Šimečka (Progressive Slovakia).

News digest: Opposition leader Šimečka once again targeted over NGOs

Fašiangy celebrations abound, ice tower to climb, and interview with Bratislava mayor.

News digest: Slovakia votes for Ukraine at UN, far-right SNS demands apology 

The gospel according to the defence minister – and what Fico’s up to beyond the coalition crisis.

Peter Pellegrini

News digest: Names of new ministers hinted at, President Pellegrini to know them this week

Have a look at ice spectacles, how Ukrainians feels in Slovakia. Learn more in today's digest.

Robert Fico met with technology magnate Elon Musk in Washington.
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News digest: Robert Fico meets Elon Musk in US, prepares for CPAC speech

Gen Z's relationship with alcohol, SAV scientists work on a potential diabetes cure, and protests across Slovak cities honour the memory of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová.

PM Robert Fico and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte

News digest: Fico snubs NATO chief, heads to right-wing event in US instead

People will once again gather in squares to remember the murdered journalist.

Coalition parties chairs from left: Matúš Šutaj Eštok (Hlas), Robert Fico (Smer) and Andrej Danko (SNS).

News digest: One step forward to resolve coalition crisis

A curious case of a Tajik man in Slovakia, an interview with Kate Winslet. Learn more in today's digest.

In the photo, from left: President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini, Hlas party leader and Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok, Smer party leader and Prime Minister Robert Fico, and Slovak National Party (SNS) leader and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Andrej Danko during a press conference following a roundtable meeting of political parties on Slovakia’s foreign policy orientation, organised by the head of state at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

News digest: Fico’s deadline passes, but his partners come up empty

Foreign minister finally admits his mistake, Greta Thunberg in Slovakia, and friction in the opposition.

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Robert Fico.

News digest: PS leads in revived state opinion poll, but SaS would be out

Ideas for how and where to spent Valentine's Day and weekend; the future of combined education; and the radiation risk to Slovakia after a Russian drone strike on Chernobyl.

Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) arrives at a government meeting in Bratislava on February 12, 2025.

News digest: Fico poses with war criminal, then heads to meet the pope

A look at the most popular films in Slovak cinemas in 2024, a year that also proved successful for tourism.

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News digest: Slovakia files complaint against Belgium over death of its national

More activities, exhibitions cancelled or at risk in SNG, McDonald's big expansion in Slovakia, and tips on hidden gems in Kysuce region.

PM Robert Fico

News digest: Fico’s patience wears thin as he issues ultimatum to his partners

A Bratislava park with a Valentine’s touch and a strange initiative from PM Fico’s sister.

Prime Minister Robert Fico.

News digest: PM Fico writes to Elon Musk in regards to NGO, media funding

Interview with Gary Oldman, Smer losing loyal voters, and two medals for Slovakia at youth Olympics.

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News digest: Slovaks protest in 50 cities, with up to 45,000 people gathering in Bratislava

Homeless people speak about being abused at a Bratislava shopping mall.

Prime Minister Robert Fico

News digest: As cabinet reshuffle looms, PM Fico is MIA

Actors ‘come clean’ – jokingly admit they are controlled by foreign powers.

Bibiana in Bratislava.

News digest: Illustrators to boycott major contest over storm in Bibiana

Health legislation passed in parliament, how possible US tarrifs would hit Slovakia, and tip for a scale model event.

MP Rudolf Huliak (l) and MP Roman Malatinec (r) have known each other for about 20 years.

News digest: Pro-Russian hunter pulls the strings in Fico’s coalition

Two politicians who ran out of luck on the road.

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