World news about “Slovakia” published by euronews.
Others are deciding for you There is growing concern about the steady decline in the number of people voting in EU elections. And it raises a fundamental question: just how can the… 01/04/2013
Promoting female entrepreneurs In Slovakia and Austria, like much of Europe, women represent only a third of entrepreneurs. So to try to redress the balance, a major initiative was set up… 08/03/2013
Sagan strikes again Slovakia’s Peter Sagan timed his sprint perfectly to clinch stage 12 of the Tour of Spain in Galicia on Thursday. The 21 year old followed his maiden… 01/09/2011
Slovakia’s Hungarians Slovakia’s big Hungarian minority is at the heart of arguments between Budapest and Bratislava. 08/07/2010
Slovakia teachers strike over pay and redundanciesSchools across Slovakia have been forced to shut due to a nationwide teachers’ strike. Thousands gathered in the capital Bratislava demanding a doubling of… 26/11/2012
A bridge too far for Hollywood starChuck Norris the U.S. action film star has missed out on a starring role. His name was the overwhelming favourite in an online poll to be given to a… 23/09/2012
No immunity for Slovak MPsSlovak MPs have voted to strip themselves of criminal immunity. Public opposition to politicians’ immunity had grown recently due to a scandal involving… 26/07/2012
Victorious Slovak social democrats vow to fulfil promisesFormer prime minister Robert Fico has led his centre-left social democratic SMER party to victory in elections in Slovakia. With over 44 percent of the… 11/03/2012
Slovakia: Election triumph for opposition leftThe political comeback of Slovakia’s former prime minister Robert Fico looks complete. All the signs are that his leftist opposition party has won an… 11/03/2012
Slovakian election: “Gorilla” may help Fico to victoryRobert Fico is poised to sweep to victory in the Slovakian election on Saturday. The Leftist former Prime Minister has gained much support pledging to tax… 10/03/2012
Clashes taint build-up to Slovakian electionPolice and protesters have clashed in the Slovakian capital Bratislava after an anti-corruption demonstration turned violent. Police used pepper spray and… 10/03/2012
Slovakia looks set for new PM as election unfoldsSlovakia’s former prime minister Robert Fico looks set to make a return to the political centre stage as the country goes to the polls to elect a new… 09/03/2012
Slovaks to ditch scandal-hit centre-right, say pollsSlovakia’s centre-right coalition is heading for humiliation in Saturday’s general election, according to opinion polls. The surveys suggest voters are set… 09/03/2012
Slovak MPs strip for scrapping their immunityIt is not only Ukrainian feminists who are stripping off to make their point. Seventeen Slovak politicians posted a naked Facebook photo to protest against… 31/01/2012
Back in the Day: the start of the ‘Prague Spring’January 5, 1968 Alexander Dubcek is elected First Secretary of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, and immediately goes about implementing liberal reforms… 04/01/2012
Slovakia sacks minister over phone tappingA scandal involving the phone tapping of journalists working for the anti government newspaper Pravda has led to the sacking of the country’s defence… 23/11/2011
Slovakia clears way for euro rescue fund boostFor the euro zone’s rescue fund, it was better late than never. On its second attempt, Slovakia’s parliament backed a plan to boost the European Financial… 14/10/2011
Cheque of Slovakia boosts euro rescue fundSlovakia’s parliament has finally approved a plan to boost the euro-zone’s emergency rescue fund, the EFSF at the second attempt this week. The arguments… 13/10/2011
Slovak agreement over euro zone rescue fund is welcomedIt caused a crisis and threatened the future of the euro zone’s main safety net. Now it looks as though Slovakia’s political squabbles over boosting the… 13/10/2011
Euro deal falters over Slovak national politicsSlovakia became a member of the euro zone in 2009, five years after joining the European Union. Now here is one of the poorest countries — of fewer than six… 12/10/2011
Slovak parties agree to ratify beefed-up eurozone fundPolitical parties in Slovakia have reached agreement on ratifying a plan to boost the powers of the euro zone’s fund for economies in trouble. The… 12/10/2011
Slovakia rejects euro zone bailout fund – for nowSlovakia’s parliament has rejected the plan to expand the euro zone’s rescue fund and by doing so brought the government down too. Being the last of the… 12/10/2011
Slovakia’s government falls after EFSF is rejectedSlovakia’s parliament has rejected bolstering the euro-zone’s EFSF rescue fund and by doing so has triggered the fall of the government. With her coalition… 11/10/2011
Slovak government hangs in balance over EFSFThe Slovak parliament continues to be entangled in heated debate over whether or not to support the eurozone’s EFSF rescue fund. It is the last of the… 11/10/2011
Slovakia split over EFSF voteIt is crunch time for Prime Minister Iveta Radicova as Slovakia becomes the last member of the eurozone to vote on the deal to sort out the euro crisis. But… 11/10/2011
Slovak police find two ‘cannibalism’ victimsSlovak police discovered two female corpses near the town of Kysak on Tuesday where a suspected cannibal is said to have lived. Their bodies were cut in… 18/05/2011
Stunned Slovakia groping for truth about killingsIt was like a bad dream. Slovaks are trying to come to terms with the worst gun rampage in the young country’s history in which eight people including the… 31/08/2010
Slovak police search for gunman’s motivePolice in Slovakia are trying to discover why a man went on the rampage in the capital, killing seven people and wounding 15 others. Six of the victims were… 31/08/2010
Seven dead in Slovakia gun rampageSeven people have been killed including four women, and 14 others have been wounded including a child of three in the western suburbs of the Slovak capital… 30/08/2010
Gunman kills 6, wounds 14 in BratislavaAt least six people have been killed including four women, and 14 others have been wounded in the Slovak capital Bratislava by a 15 year-old according to… 30/08/2010
Centre-right claim Slovakia election successA centre-right coalition looks set to oust Slovakia’s leftist government, according to the results of Saturday’s elections. Between them, four parties led… 13/06/2010
Central/Eastern Europe back on flood alertPoland has been hit by its second serious round of flooding in three weeks. Thousands of people have been told to evacuate their homes in the south of the… 05/06/2010
Job on line in Slovak airport security bungleA Slovak police chief is facing the sack after a bungled airport security test resulted in explosives being flown on a passenger flight to Dublin. The bomb… 06/01/2010
Slovakia says sorry over botched air security drillAn airport security test has ended in embarrassment for Slovakia after explosives planted by authorities in an unwitting passenger’s bag ended up in… 06/01/2010
Slovak apologies to Irish after botched security drillExplosives were discovered at a house in Dublin after an airport security drill on the other side of Europe went horribly wrong. Around 90 grams… 06/01/2010
Slovakia and Hungary decide to bury the hatchetAfter months of diplomatic bickering and amid a growing language row, the Slovakian and Hungarian prime ministers have met to smooth things over. Robert… 11/09/2009
Slovak Hungarians protest at new language lawThousands of ethnic Hungarians living in Slovakia have held a protest rally in a sports stadium against the passing of a new law. The Slovakian government… 01/09/2009
Slovak airline SkyEurope collapsesThousands of air passengers face travel chaos following the collapse of the Slovak low-cost carrier, SkyEurope. The firm, which served mainly continental… 01/09/2009
Slovak embassy attacked in HungaryThe Slovak embassy in Hungary has been attacked but got off lightly when two supposed Molotov cocktails thrown at the entrance failed to ignite. No one was… 26/08/2009
Hungarian President denied Slovak visitA diplomatic row between two NATO and EU allies, has left the Hungarian President stranded on the border with Slovakia. President Laszlo Solyom cancelled a… 22/08/2009
Vienna grounds SkyEuropeVienna airport has stopped servicing SkyEurope planes because the Slovak budget airline hit hard by the economic slowdown has not paid its bills. The airport… 15/08/2009
20 feared dead in Slovak mine blastThe bodies of six miners have been recovered from a pit in central Slovakia, after an underground explosion which is feared to have killed 14 other men. … 11/08/2009
19 missing after Slovakia coal mine blastUnderground rescue teams are trying to make contact with 19 coal miners, missing after an explosion at a pit in Slovakia. The owners of the mine said there… 10/08/2009
Hungary criticises Slovakian language banHungary has called on Slovakia to recind new legislation which will make the use of Hungarian within the Slovakian public services punishable by a fine of up… 21/07/2009
