Slovakia
Slovakia's anti-corruption opposition party wins election
The centre-right opposition Ordinary People party claimed victory in the parliamentary election in Slovakia. According to nearly complete results released by the Statistics Office early Sunday, the Ordinary People group captured 25% of the vote.
Czech Republic
Czechoslovakia's Velvet Revolution 30 years on
This weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution.
Hundreds of thousands of Czechoslovakian citizens took part in peaceful protests, demanding the end of the communist regime.
It took only a few weeks before the ruling party surrendered and democracy was installed in the country.
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Slovakia
Is your national anthem a criminal record? It could be in Slovakia after law voted in 'by mistake'
Slovakian politicians who voted to restrict the law on the singing of foreign national anthems in public have said the result was a "mistake" and that they didn't realise what they were voting for.
Slovakia
Slovaks remember slayed journalist Jan Kuciak and renew justice calls
Protesters hit the streets in their thousands on Thursday evening to mark a year since “the murders that changed Slovakia”.
Investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were shot dead at their home near Bratislava on February 21, 2018.
