War in Ukraine, page 11

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Slovak post office will send packages with humanitarian aid to Ukraine for free

Alcohol, weapons, explosives and flammable objects cannot be sent in the packages.

PM Eduard Heger

Slovakia supports joint European gas purchases, PM declares

Heger advocates for a recovery plan for Ukraine during EU summit.

The Live Map contains points of help for fleeing Ukrainians across Slovakia.

New map shows Ukrainian refugees where they can find help

The 'Who Will Help Ukraine' initiative is updating the map continuously.

Emergency camp for refugees from Ukraine in the eastern-Slovak town of Humenné.

Humenné diary: Many have asked us to take them back to Ukraine

Jana Koprivňáková spent last week volunteering at a camp in eastern Slovakia for people fleeing the war in Ukraine. These are her thoughts and impressions.

The launch of the S-300 system in Bulgaria.

S-300 to stay in Slovakia if Russia leaves Ukraine, defence minister says

The comment came shortly after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned of sending the system to Ukraine.

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Parliament approves new legislation for further helping Ukrainian refugees

Refugees also do not have to pay municipal taxes and can open a bank account without the usual documents.

Foreigners' Police in Bratislava

Foreigners' Police gradually open to all foreigners again

Agenda that can be addressed at the departments is limited, police promises they will expand it.

Kyiv student Viktoriia Mamoilyk, 20, had enjoyed her university life before Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The student who refused to wait for a bomb to kill her

There are only two questions that the Ukrainians keep asking today, says Viktoriia Mamoilyk, a student who fled the war.

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Ukrainians can now search for jobs in their own language

The jobs people from Ukraine can search for are designed for them.

Sergey Solomasov (right) hands money to Bohuš Garbár.

How to betray your country for €500

Spy scandal exposes Russia’s methods of exerting influence in Slovakia.

"Patriot" anti-aircraft missile systems

First Patriot anti-missile defence system arrives in Slovakia

The system will be temporarily placed at the military base Sliač.

Marian Kotleba

Why the arrested spies are close to far-right parties

The biggest disinformation website had contacts with Russians and Kočner.

Robert Fico and his Smer party
Russian President Vladimir Putin stands while waiting for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko prior to their talks in Moscow, on March 11, 2022.

Slovakia is one place where Putin will first look to test western resolve

When I consider what dinner conversations over Christmas carp later this year might look like, I feel sick.

US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin and Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad in Bratislava.

Lloyd Austin: There is no such thing as a 'light' version of a no-fly zone

The US Defense Secretary visited Bratislava on March 17, and confirmed the arrival of US troops within an emerging NATO unit.

Refugees from Ukraine at the pedestrian border crossing in Veľké Slemence, March 1, 2022.

Fear of coronavirus fades as people focus on inflation and war

New poll shows that people who distrust the media think Slovakia should side with Russia.

Education Minister Branislav Gröhling (SaS)

About 1,000 Ukrainian children enrolled in Slovak schools so far

Education Ministry preparing financial contribution for schools.

People still have to wear FFP2 respirators indoors and at mass outdoor events. (Illustrative stock photo)
PM Eduard Heger

Slovak PM did not join Czech, Polish and Slovenian counterparts on visit to Ukraine

Security units did not recommend that the PM travel to Ukraine.

A Ukrainian soldier walks past debris of a burning military truck, on a street in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022.

Those who have accepted the possibility that they might die no longer go to shelters

Dentist-turned-military medic from western Ukraine first helped the wounded at Maidan in Kyiv in 2014.

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