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Shevchenko is a pop culture icon today.

After 60 years, the most important poet of Ukraine is being published in Slovakia

Taras Shevchenko now a symbol of the fight for freedom in Ukraine.

Peter Getting
The Ambassador of Ukraine to Slovakia, Myroslav Kastran, during the opening of the exhibition titled "The Year of Invincibility" at Vajanské Embankment in Bratislava, on the occasion of the first anniversary of the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on Friday, 24 February 2023.

Ukraine joining NATO isn't a threat–it’s a shield, counters Ukrainian diplomat to Fico’s claim

The Victory Plan isn’t an alternative to the Peace Formula. It’s a strategy to fast-track its goals, aiming for a lasting peace, emphasises Ambassador Kastran.

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Households will benefit from state-funded energy subsidies

Talks to intensify over the uncertain future of Russian gas transit, says PM Fico.

Progressive Slovakia MP Zuzana Števulová.

Support for Ukrainian refugees slashed as Slovakia tightens belt

Legislation pushed through without consultation will save €2 million but condemned as immoral by opposition MPs.

The Interior Ministry building in Bratislava.

Slovakia moves to fast-track immigration changes, citing EU deadline and economic risks

The ministry seeks urgent cabinet and parliament approval for amendments to immigration laws.

An aerial view of Chasiv Yar shows the frontline city in ruins after heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces for over a year, Donetsk Region, Ukraine, November 11, 2024.

Fico slams Biden’s missile decision as war marks 1,000 days

In Slovakia, a thousand candles commemorate Ukraine’s struggle against Russia’s unjustified invasion.

This train operates between Košice and Mukachevo, Ukraine.

Bratislava-Kyiv train starts this December

Starting December 15, a daily train will link Bratislava to Kyiv.

PM Robert Fico (l) and British Ambassador to Slovakia Nigel Baker.

PM Fico clashes with British ambassador after Russian TV appearance

In a public rebuke, British Ambassador Nigel Baker called out Robert Fico’s TV interview with a sanctioned Russian host.

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Sme daily editor-in-chief Beata Balogová

How Putin punishes critics and why Blaha and Fico stay silent

What constitutes Russophobia and what does not.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal met with his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico near Uzhhorod on Monday, October 7.

Expiring gas transit agreement poses a challenge for Slovakia

Slovakia is better prepared for uncertain Russian gas supply via Ukraine in 2025.

Billboard of the Creative Society sect in Bratislava-Petržalka.

Slovak prosecutor investigates Czech investigative journalist over reports on Ukrainian sect

Prosecutor Lucia Pavlaninová denies involvement with a sect that promises long life and predicts an apocalypse.

Self-propelled howitzer Zuzana 2 at the state joint-stock company Konštrukta Defence in Slovakia.

Not a single bullet to Ukraine, he said. But still the guns and ammunition flow east

Under Robert Fico, Slovakia has exported more than €100 million in weapons to its neighbour.

Olga, 39, from Ukraine.

Slovak artist paused her work to tell the stories of Ukrainian refugees; now she wants America to see them.

Jana Rajcová’s exhibition will open at the Iowa museum in late September.

Mark Dillon
An image of Amriddin Kholmurodov taken from a Facebook invitation to an event in his support organised by the Civic Committee for the Rescue of Hostages and Political Prisoners of Tajikistan. The event took place in August 2023 in front of the European Union representation in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Ukraine Focus' Volunteer Ambulance Corps logo.

News digest: American leads lifesaving missions to Ukraine via Slovakia

Storm warnings, US football talent, and Nigerian charged with rape.

Used emergency medical vehicles from America and Europe make a stop in Slovakia in June 2024.

International volunteers take ‘convoy of hope’ through Slovakia to deliver vital aid to Ukraine

Inspired by American ambulance drivers in world wars, former U.S. official Brock Bierman takes on similar mission to war-torn country.

The borsch is attractively presented on simple brown crockery, and accompanied by fresh dark rye bread, ham and garlic.

Inside, Bratislava: "A culinary journey through Ukrainian flavours" - restaurant review

Until last week, borsch was basically all I knew of Ukrainian cookery.

Slovnaft rafinery in Bratisalva

8 things to know about the halting of Lukoil’s Russian oil supplies to Slovakia

Experts see it more as a political and media issue than a real problem.