What are the power dynamics between the president and the prime minister in Slovakia?
Bratislava, Slovakia – Anyone familiar with Slovak politics know all too well that it tends to be extremely confrontational toContinue Reading
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Slovakia introduces mandatory COVID-19 tests at borders
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia has introduced mandatory COVID-19 tests at its borders in an effort to slow down the spreadContinue Reading
Slovakia tests over 3.6 million people for COVID-19 in two days
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia has tested more than 3.6 million people for COVID-19 over the past week-end, becoming the firstContinue Reading
Slovakia could become first country to test entire population for COVID-19
Bratislava, Slovakia – “The eyes of Europe and the world are upon us”, said Prime Minister Igor Matovic as Slovakia’sContinue Reading
LGBT rights in Slovakia: Any changes on the horizon?
Bratislava, Slovakia – In March 2019, Zuzana Čaputová, became the first female President of Slovakia, with a campaign built onContinue Reading
Slovakia orders partial lockdown as mass-testing goes underway
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia has gone into a state of partial lockdown on Saturday as authorities kick-start a nationwide campaignContinue Reading
COVID-19: Slovakia to deploy army in bid to test entire population
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia will mobilize thousands of soldiers to test its entire population of 5.5 million for COVID-19, theContinue Reading
Anti-COVID protests in Prague and Bratislava turn violent
Prague, Czech Republic – Paving stones, firecrackers and glass bottles versus cayenne pepper, explosive grenades and water cannons. Almost identicalContinue Reading
Former Slovak Prime Minister’s party takes the lead in latest polls
Bratislava, Slovakia – The new party of former Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini has taken the lead, according to theContinue Reading
Czech Republic to be added on Slovakia’s “high-risk” COVID list from Friday
Prague, Czech Republic- Slovakia has moved to add the Czech Republic on its “red list” of high-risk countries due toContinue Reading
Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria vow to “keep borders open until last possible moment”
Bratislava, Slovakia – The Czech Republic, Austria and Slovakia have vowed not to impose travel restrictions and to keep theirContinue Reading
Former Slovak PM Peter Pellegrini starts new party: More of the same?
Ever since Peter Pellegrini, the former Prime Minister announced he would leave the once all-dominant SMER party unless its chairmanContinue Reading
Slovakia to tighten rules for people returning from “high-risk countries”
Bratislava, Slovakia – After reporting an increase in daily COVID-19 cases last week, Slovakia is set to tighten the rulesContinue Reading
“They say we’re the blight of the nation”: LGBTQ activists fear the worst in Slovakia and Hungary
Bratislava, Budapest – Though spring saw the coronavirus outbreak’s epicentre slowly drift from continental Europe toward the Americas, public attentionContinue Reading
Slovakia eases more coronavirus restrictions
Bratislava, Slovakia – Prime Minister Igor Matovic said that more anti-coronavirus restrictions in Slovakia will be lifted starting today. StartingContinue Reading