Slovakia News, page 18

News digest: Central bank chief thought he was off the hook. The judge disagreed

Robert Fico is praised by Moscow, Slovakia can be proud of its manufacturers, and ex-minister Dolinková decides to quit parliament.

Lavrov (l) pictured with Fico, then prime minister, in Bratislava on April 4, 2015.

Fico's warning to Brussels prompts warm praise from Lavrov

The prime minister had mused about a missile attack on the EU capital and a visit to Moscow.

The cycle path, with kerbs, on Vajanského Embankment.

Debate over Vajanského Embankment cycle path: Minister Ráž vs. Mayor Vallo

Bratislava city will face a €33,000 fine if it fails to remove kerbs and narrow its cycle path.

Kamil Šaško (r) is the new health minister.
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.

Police cars at the Miners’ Square in Handlová following the shooting of Prime Minister Robert Fico on 15 May 2024.
In the centre is the National Council building in Bratislava.

News digest: New survey shows first big 'earthquake' on political scene

List of richest Slovaks has some new faces, clinical death of Slovak healthcare, and popular statue going viral for wrong reasons.

President Peter Pellegrini (fourth from the left) during a meeting with healthcare representatives on Tuesday, October 8, 2024, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava.

News digest: Pellegrini’s unforeseen warning to Fico, his former mentor

Reasons to visit Stará Ľubovňa, Fico and a hockey star criticise Slovak media, and boating on the pond.

Deputy Speaker of Parliament Andrej Danko (SNS), Minister of Investments Richard Raši, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer), and Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (Hlas) during a press conference following the working congress of the Ministry of Investments with municipal leaders in Brezno on October 8, 2024.

Premier accuses critical media of being ‘possessed by the devil’, dismisses talk of coalition crisis

Robert Fico is open to establishing a national media authority and calling for qualifications for journalists.

News digest: PM offers 'Slovak hospitality' to lower level peace summit meeting

How a disinformation website fooled Facebook, return of the Be2Can film festival, and what a surprising find in southern Slovakia says about the spread of pottery.

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Pottery in a hearth.

Surprising find in south Slovakia highlights gaps in regional pottery knowledge

Analysis of shards revealed manufacture by hunter-gatherers.

A Covid-19 vaccine.

Medical hoaxes website escapes prosecution by hiding in the Bahamas

Bádateľ spread alarmist news during pandemic.

Martin Hodás

News digest: Two years on, it seems no one has learned from the Zochova bus stop tragedy

A school memorial event for the victims of Tepláreň shooting is cancelled, a thriving Slovak family firm that was built during communism, and Spanish Film Days awaits you.

A commemoration of the victims of the terrorist attack on Zámocká Street in Bratislava in October 2022 had been planned at the Gymnázium Ľudovíta Štúra in Trenčín.

School forced to cancel event commemorating Zámocká shooting victims

Far-right influencers sought to smear the gymnasium's reputation; students express disappointment.

Slovak National Party MP Peter Kotlár.

News digest: Anti-vaxxer government official wraps up pandemic inquiry with DIY test

PM Fico intimidates journalist, government raises taxes, and how Americans in Slovakia plan to vote in US election.

Writer Michal Hvorecký (l) and commentator and journalist Peter Bárdy.

PM Fico sues editor over book cover, demands €200,000

But the culture minister seeks prison sentence for a writer over a neo-fascist comparison.

Vice President Kamala Harris, left, on August 7, 2024, and former President Donald Trump on July 31, 2024.

Americans in Slovakia share their view on US election ahead of Oct. 4 mail-in ballot deadline

They also note the political parallels between the US and Slovakia.

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.

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News digest: Drugs raids in clubs to continue, schools will be next

The Slovak-English mushroom picking vocabulary, Q&A on the new transaction tax, and a tip on a dance festival.

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