BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Thousands of people on Thursday joined growing street protests across Slovakia against a plan by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the penal code and eliminate a national prosecutors’ office. The proposed changes have faced sharp criticism at home and abroad. The plan approved by Fico’s coalition government includes abolishing the … Read more
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Thousands of people rallied across Slovakia on Thursday as protests intensified against a plan by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code. The protests came hours after President Zuzana Čaputová voiced her strong opposition to the changes, saying they could jeopardize the rule of … Read more
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s president swore in a new government Wednesday, led by a former populist prime minister poised to end the country’s military aid for Ukraine as it fights Russia’s invasion. Robert Fico returned to power and took over as prime minister for the fourth time after his leftist Smer, or Direction, party won … Read more
Slovakia’s president says she is postponing the appointment of a new Cabinet following last month’s parliamentary election because she cannot accept the nomination of a person who doesn’t believe in the threat of climate change as environment minister ByThe Associated Press October 19, 2023, 10:15 AM FILE – Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova talks for the … Read more
Slovakia says it will resume checks at the border with Hungary to reduce growing numbers of migrants entering the country FILE – Czech policemen walk on patrol at the border with Slovakia near Stary Hrozenkov, Czech Republic, on Sept. 29, 2022. Slovakia will resume the checks at the border with Hungary to reduce the growing … Read more
Comment on this storyComment BRATISLAVA — Slovaks are headed to the polls Saturday in a closely watched election that has the potential to complicate the Western response to Ukraine and put the country on a more illiberal, autocratic course. The front-runner in the majority of polls by a whisper of a margin is Robert Fico, … Read more
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia holds an early parliamentary election on Saturday that pits populist former Prime Minister Robert Fico, who campaigned on a clear pro-Russia and anti-American message, against a liberal pro-West newcomer. Fico and his leftist Smer, or Direction, party vowed to reverse Slovakia’s military support for neighboring Ukraine in Russia’s war, if his … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment DUBNICA, Slovakia — Contained in the hulking arms manufacturing unit, dozens of staff delicately match fuses inside the ideas of the 155-millimeter artillery shells which might be in insatiable demand in Ukraine’s warfare. However even on this city, established across the arms trade earlier than the outbreak of World Warfare II, … Read more
Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova has sworn in a authorities of technocrats to steer the nation to snap elections in September amid a political disaster BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s President Zuzana Caputova swore in on Monday a authorities of technocrats to steer the nation to snap elections in September amid a political disaster. Ludovit Odor, the … Read more