Slovakia News, page 5

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.

Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok in parliament.

Court orders release of Tajik man called terrorist by interior minister

Police acted neither correctly, nor effectively, court says.

Michal Djordjevič in Moscow.
Prime Minister Robert Fico

Who remains in PM Robert Fico’s inner circle?

Since the assassination attempt, the premier has distanced himself from his political partners.

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.

Cases of colorectal, breast and prostate cancer have soared in Slovakia.

Cancer cases soar in Slovakia – and poor lifestyle choices are to blame

Experts say screening and faster treatment could prevent thousands of deaths.

Director of Studia Academica Slovaca, Michaela Mošaťová, during the opening of the Slovak language and culture summer school, Studia Academica Slovaca, in Bratislava on July 31, 2023.

Inspired by foreigners, Professor leads centre improving Slovak language education for them

Associate Professor Michaela Mošaťová says there is no officially specified qualification for lecturers of Slovak as a foreign language.

Robert Fico

Slovakia’s state-run polling agency has published its first political poll results

Fico’s fourth government pledged to go back to state polls in its progamme statement.

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Transport Minister Jozef Ráž.
Daniel Jablonski from Comenius University in Bratislava during field research.
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.

President Peter Pellegrini

President may soon have to decide on holding contentious referendum

Pro-Russian micro-parties say they have collected more than 240,000 signatures; 350,000 are required.

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.

Ivan Solej

Former court official indicted for fraud, yet still hired by government

Ivan Solej, accused of fraud and excessive salaries, kept a Justice Ministry job and later secured an EU-funded contract.

Kežmarok

Thieves rip skier statue from square and cash it in

Thieves spent 45 minutes stealing the statue in Kežmarok.

Gelnica

Teen girl sets man on fire and goes back to school next day

Meanwhile, the town of Gelnica, where the incident happened, recently made headlines over claims of racism.

A Palaeo-artistic rendering based on findings of this and previously published studies shows how a relatively rapid rise in atmospheric CO2 approximately 294 million years ago released Earth from its penultimate icehouse (left) and transitioned the world to a warmer and drier climate of the Early Permian (right).

International team led by Slovak scientist sheds light on ancient climate enigma

Their study employed a novel approach pioneered by Hana Jurikova.

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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.

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