slovakia Archives

Nine candidates will be whittled down to two -- one for Russia and one for Ukraine -- Slovakia holds the first round of a presidential election Saturday

World

Divided over Ukraine war, Slovakia votes for president

Slovakia will on Saturday hold the first round of a presidential election.

AFPMarch 22, 2024

Fico's three-party cabinet has already blocked a military aid package to Ukraine

World

Slovak PM sees Ukraine war lasting to 2030 without peace talks

Slovak premier Robert Fico said Friday that the Ukraine war risks lasting until 2030 if peace talks are not started. The populist left-winger won...

AFPNovember 24, 2023

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico is attending his first EU leaders summit since assuming office earlier this week

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Slovakia says ‘informed’ EU it’s halting military aid to Ukraine

Slovakia’s new populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Thursday that he “informed” the European Union’s executive of his decision to stop military aid to...

AFPOctober 26, 2023

The River Ipoly in Hungary over which migrants have been crossing in increasing numbers into Slovakia

World

‘Double game?’ Migrants pour through Orban’s Hungary

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban claims to be “defending Europe from a tide of migrants”. But the discarded chocolate wrappers and water bottles left...

AFPOctober 24, 2023

The Progressive Slovakia party's Michal Simecka (l) and Smer-SD leader Robert Fico chat after a televised electoral debate this week

World

Slovaks head to tight polls mulling Ukraine aid

Slovak voters will cast ballots on Saturday in a tight early election seen as key to the country’s foreign policy focus and support of...

AFPSeptember 29, 2023

A Bratislava protest against the murder in October 2022 of two men at a gay bar

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Slovakia campaign rhetoric raises LGBTQ concern

A year after a homophobic double murder, Slovakia’s LGBTQ community is concerned about the increase in hate speech ahead of elections on Saturday in...

AFPSeptember 26, 2023

Fico's victory could spell a foreign policy U-turn in the EU and NATO member nation

World

Slovakia’s Fico, populist ex-premier with penchant for Putin

Slovak ex-premier Robert Fico, whose Smer-SD party is tipped to win the snap election on Saturday, is a former Communist Party member who may...

AFPSeptember 26, 2023

Harabin served two terms as Slovakia's Supreme Court chief justice and ran for president in 2019

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Slovak ex-minister charged for praising Russian war

The Slovak top prosecutor’s office said Monday it had charged ex-justice minister and former Supreme Court chief justice Stefan Harabin over a Facebook post...

AFPJune 5, 2023