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Coronavirus pandemic investigator and lawmaker Peter Kotlár (SNS) at a press conference on "the results of an analysis of Covid-19 vaccine batches used in Slovakia", held on March 13, 2025 in Bratislava.
A teacher reads instructions before the written part of the Slovak language and literature school-leaving exam at Ján Adam Rayman Grammar School in Prešov, eastern Slovakia, on March 11, 2025.

Think your English is good? Try passing this 90-question test in 150 minutes

Over 36,000 students sat the English exam on Wednesday.

Tristan Tate's company is supposed to be based in this property on the Terasa housing estate. According to a neighbour, tenants live there.

Tate brothers’ business network extends to Slovakia

Tristan Tate owns a little-known Košice firm.

Spoločnosť ZVS holding v Snine otvorila v piatok 4. októbra 2024 novú linku na výrobu 155 milimetrovej delostreleckej munície. Na snímke výroba tiel pre veľko-kalibrovú muníciu v zrekonštruovanej hale na výrobu 155 milimetrovej delostreleckej munície v spoločnosti ZVS holding v Snine v piatok 4. októbra 2024. FOTO TASR - Roman Hanc

News digest: Fico talks peace, but Slovakia’s arms exports tell a different story

A rising Slovak football star in the Netherlands, an extra day off for students, and a rainy forecast.

One of the parking lots at near Červený Bridge.

Bratislava introduces new parking rules at Železná Studnička

New rules aim to free up spaces for visitors, not commuters.

Na snímke zľava poslanci NR SR Andrej Danko a Rudolf Huliak (obidvaja SNS) počas ustanovujúcej schôdze Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky (NR SR) IX. volebného obdobia 25. októbra 2023 v Bratislave. FOTO TASR - Jakub Kotian
Brat za Brata leader Matúš Alexa (r) outside the Presidential Palace in Bratislava on Tuesday, March 11, 2025.

A pro-Russian group says 450,000 want to end Russia sanctions

Brat za Brata delivered a petition to the president on Tuesday, but accusations of forgery cast doubt on its claims.

Report on Fico’s alleged villa published by Croatian outlet Večernji list.

Fico’s Croatian getaway? PM hits back at allegations over alleged villa

Reports from Croatian media say the Slovak PM has begun construction in a luxury seaside village.

Romana Tabaková

News digest: Former MP scolds actors – audience drowns her out. Unscripted “drama” goes viral.

Brash “journalist” takes aim at EU chief, a reminder to buckle up, and a stressful week ahead for some students.

Pictured from left: Ľuboš Blaha, Juraj Blanár, and Ladislav Kamenický, deputy chairs of the ruling Smer party; party leader Robert Fico; deputy chair Richard Takáč; and Smer board member Robert Kaliňák stand on stage during the nationwide International Women’s Day celebrations organised by Smer at the Agrokomplex venue in Nitra on Sunday, March 9, 2025.
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Robert Fico wades into Romania’s election row, calling for EU intervention

But over the weekend, the premier focused on women – offering praise while avoiding their real challenges.

Miroslav Radačovský

News digest: Fico’s coalition is in a mess. The opposition might (accidentally) help it out

A Frenchman’s quest in Slovakia, a hockey sensation from the east, and what to do in the days ahead.

Judge Juraj Kliment

Senior judge faces disciplinary trial. He calls it 'political revenge'

Supreme Court Judge Juraj Kliment could have avoided one charge but has insisted on a full hearing.

Prime Minister Robert Fico boards a plane at M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava before departing for an emergency meeting of European Union member state leaders in Brussels on Thursday, March 6, 2025.

News digest: Fico’s gain at EU summit, firm no to Macron

One Smer politician in Brussels, another in Moscow, a third in Bratislava claiming that Russia would be a reliable neighbour for Slovakia.

Former Slovak ambassador to the United Kingdom, Róbert Ondrejcsák.

‘We are seen as total lunatics,’ says Slovakia’s former UK ambassador

Brother of justice minister to replace Róbert Ondrejcsák in London.

From left: MP Rudolf Huliak (independent, Smer nominee for Sports and Tourism Minister) and President Peter Pellegrini.

News digest: President Pellegrini names EU, NATO sceptic as minister

Increase in prices evident in many areas, meet the first Slovak feminist, and a tip on a musical.

Šafárikovo Námestie square in Bratislava.
PM Robert Fico

News digest: Brussels ‘in for a fun time’, Fico says ahead of EU talks

New Dutch ambassador to Slovakia, Matovič’s “movie nights”, and reconstruction work underway beneath the UFO restaurant.

Ján Kaľavský on the list of wanted persons.

Ex-police officer Ján Kaľavský sentenced for corruption

Now in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he has applied for asylum, Kaľavský remains out of reach for Slovak authorities.

Prime Minister Robert Fico at a press briefing after a working lunch with EU and US ambassadors on Slovakia’s political situation, March 6, 2018, Bratislava.

How Slovakia’s prime minister distracts from the real issues

Robert Fico has a playbook of tried-and-tested manipulative tactics.

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.

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