Slovakia News

Former culture minister Natália Milanová

Culture Ministry fined for publishing ‘Russian links’ database

Former minister denies ordering creation of list that exposed thousands of names.

Minister Rudolf Huliak

News digest: Gambling night in parliament

Weekend tips, far-right MEPs wooing young voters — and Defence Minister Kaliňák makes a curious comparison between Britain and Russia.

On 22 October 2025, Slovakia experienced a wave of unease and brief panic when a mysterious circular formation appeared on meteorological radar — resembling a sudden explosion.
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Mystery ‘explosion’ over Slovakia sends panic online

It was just a radar glitch, said the weather office.

Smer MP Tibor Gašpar

News digest: Blame the Brits, squeeze NGOs and media

Fico vents at Europe, a notorious businessman faces justice, and where to unwind in Bratislava.

The High Tatras in the winter, with Rysy on the left.

Foreign tourists attempted dangerous Tatra hike with baby

Parents ignored multiple warnings, prompting outrage among mountain rescuers and guides.

Michal Hübler was last seen in Staten Island.

Slovak teen missing in US: Parents launch search effort

Michal Hübler from Bardejov was last seen in Staten Island.

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Digital licences and tougher tests: big changes coming for EU drivers

The European Parliament has approved new driving rules.

John Layton, Cynthia Layton, Randy Layton at Štrbské pleso

Hope arrived in my inbox: How I reclaimed my Slovak roots

A single document unearthed in a Slovak archive became the key to my family’s citizenship — and to understanding who we are.

John Layton

News digest: The Dutch dare, Slovakia roars

Protesters fill Bratislava, party leaders shared their Tuesday messages, and a once-famed Slovak spa bubbles with new hope.

Peter Hinds during training in Alaska.

Born in Alaska, racing for Slovakia: A skier chases his Olympic dream

Peter Hinds is learning the rhythm of European skiing.

Nikola Černáková
Entire families crammed into small houses and factory chimneys outside their windows - that was the everyday life of Slovak immigrants to America. Despite the difficult life and later the economic crisis, their new homeland offered them better earnings and prospects. The photo shows the town of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, in 1935 (LC-USF342-001165-A)

Despite adaptation, Slovak immigrants to America preserved their culture, identity

The preservation of traditions can be seen especially during holidays.

Kristína Chromeková
Juraj Cintula, who shot Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) in Handlová last year, has been found guilty of committing a terrorist attack, the Specialised Criminal Court in Banská Bystrica ruled on Tuesday.

Pensioner who shot prime minister sentenced to 21 years for terrorist attack

The decision follows an eight-day trial, after earlier court rulings cast doubt on whether the shooting met Slovakia’s definition of terrorism.

Opposition MPs: Vladimíra Marcinková (left), Zuzana Števulová (centre) and Ondrej Prostredník.

News digest: MPs descend on Foreigners’ Police in Bratislava

Dutch warnings fly, buses head for Ukraine, and the spy chief’s tale doesn’t quite track.

The Dutch House of Representatives

Netherlands urges EU court action over Slovakia’s constitutional changes

Dutch MPs say Slovakia’s changes breach EU law and curtail LGBT+ rights.

Farhad Babaei

They erased his books. Not his voice.

The Iranian writer Farhad Babaei watched his stories vanish under censorship. Exile hasn’t silenced him — it has set him free.

Ivana Kohutková
Slovensko leader Igor Matovič

News digest: Former prime minister is plotting a “coup”

Smer expelled from Europe’s socialists, Fico preaching ‘peace’ in Košice, and Smer paying to attack journalists online.

Winemakers parade through Rača during the 2021 vinobranie festival.
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Nine years in Slovakia: Why I stayed

I studied media in Ireland, never thought I’d use it in Slovakia — until I found myself in Rača, mic in hand at vinobranie.

Outgoing Russian Ambassador Sergey Andreyev during a wreath-laying ceremony in Warsaw on 9 May to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe.

Russia’s Bratchikov leaves, another Kremlin propagandist arrives

Sergey Andreyev, known for supporting Russia’s war in Ukraine, is set to become the new Russian ambassador to Slovakia.

Ukraine’s prime minister, Yuliia Svyrydenko, and Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, before a joint meeting of the Slovak and Ukrainian governments at the Historic Town Hall in Košice on 17 October 2025.

Fico and Svyrydenko toast to ‘just peace’ in Ukraine during Slovak–Ukrainian talks

At a joint government meeting in Košice, PM Fico calls for diplomacy and a ‘sustainable peace’, reaffirming support for Ukraine’s sovereignty.

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Slovak PM and SMER leader Robert Fico arrives for a press conference on the Party of European Socialists congress decision on his party’s full membership, Bratislava, 8 December 2009.

PM Fico’s party expelled from Europe’s socialists after long rift

Expulsion of Slovak leader’s Smer marks end of uneasy 20-year relationship with Europe’s centre left as party drifts toward nationalist right.