Slovakia will shut down 17 border crossings with Hungary due to the spreading contagion of the foot-and-mouth disease, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok announced after a session of the crisis team ...

A quiet and relentless battle for historical truth has begun, House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) declared in his speech at the Slavin Memorial in Bratislava to mark the 80th anniversary of the ...

The history of WW2 must unite humanity and those who purposefully forget and ignore what happened during the war act the same way as those who were pulling the trigger, shooting from cannons and ...

President Peter Pellegrini, after attending a holy mass at St. Peter's Basilica on Friday, said that he believes Slovak pilgrims will take home from the Vatican a message of hope - for a better life ...

Japan Credit Rating Agency (JCRA) has reaffirmed Slovakia's A+ rating with a stable outlook, the Finance Ministry reported on Friday. "The rating is primarily supported by the country's relatively ...

Opposition MP Veronika Remisova ('Slovakia'-For the People-KU alliance) will file a complaint with the Supreme Audit Authority (NKU) over contracts on legal and consultancy services concluded between ...

Zilina District Court on Friday ruled on the case of the death of a new-born baby in Rajec last year, finding 26-year-old Lucia L. guilty of murder and sentencing her to 17 years in prison. The ...

The liberation of Bratislava at the end of WWII was important mainly from the political viewpoint, as the city served as a significant communications and transport hub, historian Pavol Steiner from ...

Slovakia is fulfilling its obligation to spend 2 percent of GDP on defence and is ready to discuss increasing this amount, though achieving domestic consensus among relevant political parties is a ...

Lubomir Balaz was appointed as FPU Council member for the field of intangible cultural heritage, Lubomir Richter for the field of music and Jaroslav Uhel for the field of visual arts. For local ...

The opposition Progressive Slovakia and 'Slovakia'-For the People-KU parties called on Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Thursday to take action in response to the 25-percent tariffs imposed by the USA ...

The Economy Ministry will have access to socio-economic data of the population on request, based on which it will assess the need for compensating energy costs, according to a new law on the provision ...