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Slovak populist premier is in a spat with the UK ambassador to Bratislava over the war in Ukraine

Nov. 01, 2024 15:52 PM EDT

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico reacted angrily on Friday after the U.K. ambassador to Bratislava criticized his interview with Russia’s Rossiya 1 state-owned television, saying, “Slovakia is not Britain’s colony.” “I don’t...

Slovakia and former Czech leader settle lawsuit over collaboration with communist secret police

Oct. 21, 2024 12:35 PM EDT

PRAGUE (AP) — Slovakia’s Interior Ministry agreed in a lawsuit settlement Monday that former former Czech populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis did not knowingly collaborate with communist-era secret police in what was then Czechoslovakia The ministry said it acknowledged that any...

Cities in Central Europe reinforce riverbanks ahead of more flooding

Sep. 17, 2024 20:56 PM EDT

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Soldiers and firefighters used sandbags to reinforce river embankments and delivered food and drinking water to cut-off communities as the worst flooding in years moved Tuesday across a broad swath of Central Europe, taking lives and destroying homes. Heavy...