Yahoo16h
Europe's far-right parties are multiplying fast — and crowding each other out
By my count, this includes: France, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Denmark, Italy, Czechia, Slovakia ... But the party’s ...
The Diplomat22h
Does China Have a New European Ally in Slovakia’s Prime Minister?
Robert Fico’s trip to China had underwhelming economic outcomes, yet it brought Bratislava into much closer political ...
Janesville Gazette1d
Key forwards return for the Avalanche, but so does goaltending woes in loss to Capitals
The Ball Arena crowd seemed primed for a party, but the Avs’ goaltending issues snuffed that out early in a 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals. Justus Annunen, starting for the first time in five ...
The Slovak Spectator on MSN1d
Government commits millions to new sports arena, while existing venue bleeds cash
The government, led by Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Smer party, has approved €20 million in funding for a new multi-purpose sports arena in Šamorín, a venue that could accommodate up to 5,000 ...
Slovakia's SPP signs pilot deal for Azerbaijani gas
Slovakia's main gas buyer SPP has signed a short-term, pilot contract for the supply of natural gas from Azerbaijan and will consider a longer-term contract as it prepares for a possible halt to ...
The Slovak Spectator on MSN7d
News digest: Nationalist leader Andrej Danko was the top-earning politician last year
Good evening. Here is the Friday, November 8 edition of Today in Slovakia \- the main news of the day in less than five ...
San Francisco Examiner7d
Jewish students block Austria far-right parliament speaker at Holocaust memorial
A group of Jewish students on Friday prevented Austria's first far-right parliamentary speaker from laying a wreath at a ...
WTOP News14d
Slovak populist premier is in a spat with the UK ambassador to Bratislava over the war in Ukraine
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime ... Fico returned to power for the fourth time last year after his leftist party Smer (Direction) won parliamentary elections on a pro ...
KVIA15d
Slovak populist premier is in a spat with the UK ambassador to Bratislava over the war in Ukraine
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has reacted angrily after the British ambassador to Bratislava criticized his interview with Russia’s Rossiya 1 ...
Politico Europe15d
Czech zoo files EU complaint over ‘barbaric’ bear cull in Slovakia
prompting the far-right Slovak National Party, to which Taraba belongs, to blame the situation on EU bureaucrats and the bloc’s green rules. According to an analysis by multiple universities, there ...
The Financial Times16d
The new face of European illiberalism
Taraba, who was elected to parliament on the list of the far-right Slovak National party, says he fired 30 officials, most for failing to disburse EU funds earmarked for Slovakia. “A lot of ...
KVIA16d
Court in Slovakia upholds tax fraud verdict against former President Kiska
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — An appeals court in Slovakia has upheld a lower court ruling that found former President Andrej Kiska guilty of tax fraud and given him a suspended sentence.