Slovakia News, page 9

PM Robert Fico and his cabinet on January 23, 2025
Matúš Alexa with a crew from Russian television in January 2025

Pro-Russian group urges supporters to prepare for a nationwide “cleansing”

Brat za brata also advocates for Slovakia’s withdrawal from the EU.

Life situations for which foreigners do not need to make an appointment.

Foreigners’ Police postpones weekend opening, announces extended hours

Plans to open the Bratislava office on January 25 have been postponed.

The WeSb1 planetary nebula. The regions in red are hydrogen, while oxygen is represented by blue and green colours. The picture was taken from the NOT and INT telescopes on the Canary Islands. The central star of the nebula can be seen slighty above the middle of the picture.

Slovak astronomer helps discover star destroying its system

Observations from High Tatras helped new study.

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News digest: Two threats to schools in one day after knife attack last week

Will 2025 lead to changes, an exhibition of Nordic films. Learn more in today's digest.

PM Robert Fico during an extraordinary parliamentary session on January 21, 2025.
The grammar school building in Spišská Stará Ves, eastern Slovakia, on January 18, 2025.

Police failures exposed after deadly knife attack at school

Authorities face scrutiny as court records and police oversights emerge in the wake of a fatal stabbing that shocked Slovakia.

Foreigners' Police HQ in Bratislava.

News digest: Foreigners' Police office in Bratislava to open without online booking

A letter to PM Fico from psychiatrists and the connection between Slovakia and its American diaspora.

Pictured from right: Police Inspectorate Director Branislav Zurian, Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (Hlas), and Police Chief Ľubomír Solák during a short press briefing in Poprad, eastern Slovakia, on January 18, 2025.

Quiet police chief fired after fatal knife attack at school

Ľubomír Solák’s tenure as police chief lasted just 414 days.

Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) during a press conference on the ongoing construction of a new military hospital in Prešov on January 17, 2025.

In letter, psychiatrists tell Fico to lead or to leave office

A similar letter was addressed to the quasi-authoritarian Prime Minister Mečiar in the 1990s.

News digest: Zelensky invited Fico, but got Šimečka. Turns out it is safe to visit Kyiv

A new sauna opens in Bratislava in an unlikely venue, rescue helicopters are called out three times near Chopok, and what do you say to a camel crossing the road in Bratislava?

A police officer patrols the road leading to the grammar school building (third from the right, orange in colour) following a knife attack in the town of Spišská Stará Ves on January 16, 2025.

News digest: School stabbing shakes quiet border town

PM Fico avoids Kyiv, e-shops set records, and Slovak phrases explore guilt.

Rudolf Vaský

Daňo and Vaský, controversial YouTubers, face 24 offences

Accused of targeting 33 public figures with threats and slander, the infamous duo could face up to three years in prison.

Knife attack at a grammar school in Spišská Stará Ves, eastern Slovakia, on January 16, 2025.

Knife attack at Slovak school leaves two dead, one in critical condition

The attacker is reported to be an 18-year-old student.

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News digest: How much for kidney, aliens in Slovakia and other bizarre phrases Slovaks searched for

Biathlon races are back in Slovakia, the promises and reality of road construction in Slovakia, and five ice-hockey players that are making waves.

MPs Branislav Gröhling (SaS), Michal Šimečka (Progressive Slovakia), Milan Majerský (KDH), and Michal Šipoš (Slovakia) during a press conference of opposition parties following an attempt to open a parliamentary session in Bratislava on January 14, 2025.

News digest: A budet bordel!

Should you shake hands with someone you disagree with? This simple gesture has sparked a nationwide debate in Slovakia.

Student Simon Omaník refuses to shake hands with President Peter Pellegrini.

Teenager refuses to shake Slovak president’s hand during ceremony

Simon Omaník’s act of protest has drawn both praise and criticism.

MFA Juraj Blanár and the controversial authors of the Matej Bel collection.

Critics question Foreign Ministry’s support for book on Matej Bel

A ministry-funded project celebrating the 18th-century scholar draws criticism for its ideological underpinnings.

Slovak Deputy Speaker of parliament Andrej Danko (left) and Russian State Duma chair Vyacheslav Volodin.

News digest: Slovak MPs go to Russia, opposition talks giving 'bad signal'

NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day again from Slovakia, where to get tips on best movies and series, and how a tram in Petržalka may affect apartment prices.

In the image, on the left in the foreground, is the Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok (HLAS), speaking during a press conference after the 178th extraordinary meeting of the Security Council at the Government Office of the Slovak Republic on Friday, January 10, 2025, in Bratislava.

News digest: Fico blames Ukraine for cyberattack on land registry, president calls for government action

More SNG staff resign in protest, the PM finally reports to MPs on his trip to Moscow, and doctors says the 'new' HMPV is not a pandemic threat.

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