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2026 Winter Olympics: Norway Breaks Records, Slovakia Without a Medal Sport

2026 Winter Olympics: Norway Breaks Records, Slovakia Without a Medal

The Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo officially closed on February 22, 2026, at the Arena di Verona. Norway broke the record for th...

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Fico Halts Electricity Supply to Ukraine Amid Druzhba Pipeline Dispute Economy

Fico Halts Electricity Supply to Ukraine Amid Druzhba Pipeline Dispute

Prime Minister Robert Fico has ordered SEPS, the Slovak electricity transmission system operator, to halt emergency electricity supplies to Ukraine af...

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Earthquake near Bratislava: Magnitude 4.6 Science

Earthquake near Bratislava: Magnitude 4.6

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck near Šamorín, about 21 km from Bratislava, on Saturday. Thousands of people within a hundred-kilometer radius felt t...

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Slovakia vs. Finland: Battle for Olympic Bronze Sport

Slovakia vs. Finland: Battle for Olympic Bronze

After a 6-2 semi-final loss to the USA, the Slovakian hockey team will face Finland on Saturday at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan for the bronze me...

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Fico Threatens to Cut Off Electricity to Kyiv After Call with Merz Economy

Fico Threatens to Cut Off Electricity to Kyiv After Call with Merz

Prime Minister Robert Fico spoke with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz about the oil pipeline crisis. Slovakia has threatened to halt electricity supp...

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Slovakia and Hungary Block EU's 20th Sanctions Package Against Russia Economy

Slovakia and Hungary Block EU's 20th Sanctions Package Against Russia

EU ambassadors discussed the 20th package of sanctions against Russia on February 20th, but Slovakia and Hungary are conditioning their approval on ma...

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Czech Republic Offers Slovakia Emergency Oil Supplies via Druzhba Pipeline Economy

Czech Republic Offers Slovakia Emergency Oil Supplies via Druzhba Pipeline

Industry Minister Karel Havlíček has offered Slovakia emergency oil supplies via the Czech branch of the Druzhba pipeline after Ukraine halted Russian...

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Slovakia vs. USA: Hockey Semifinal at the 2026 Winter Olympics Sport

Slovakia vs. USA: Hockey Semifinal at the 2026 Winter Olympics

The Slovakian national hockey team faces the USA in the 2026 Winter Olympics semifinal in Milan tonight at 9:10 PM. A victory and advancement to the f...

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Slovakia has declared a state of oil emergency for Slovnaft Economy

Slovakia has declared a state of oil emergency for Slovnaft

The Slovak government has declared a state of oil emergency and released up to 250,000 tonnes of oil from state reserves for the Slovnaft refinery fol...

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Slovaks advance to the semi-finals of the 2026 Winter Olympics after demolishing Germany 6-2 Sport

Slovaks advance to the semi-finals of the 2026 Winter Olympics after demolishing Germany 6-2

The Slovak national ice hockey team advanced to the semi-finals of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina with a commanding 6-2 victory over Ge...

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Europe must rearm, warn army chiefs Economy

Europe must rearm, warn army chiefs

The chiefs of the German and British armed forces have issued a joint statement calling on Europe to massively increase defence spending. Slovakia is...

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Bratislava on the high-speed train route: VRT V4 for 3 billion Economy

Bratislava on the high-speed train route: VRT V4 for 3 billion

Slovak Railways has completed a feasibility study for the V4 high-speed rail line. Trains will travel at speeds of up to 320 km/h, with the journey fr...

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