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Democracies across the globe are at a crossroads, as authoritarians seek to chip away at freedoms

Dec. 18, 2024 08:30 AM EST

In November, the world's most powerful democracy elected as its next president a man who schemed to overturn its last presidential election. A month later, South Koreans swarmed their legislature to block their president's attempt to impose martial law. The contrast sums up a year...

Slovakia's parliament passes legislation that could ban doctors from protesting low pay

Dec. 11, 2024 17:15 PM EST

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s parliament on Wednesday approved legislation drafted by the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico that could effectively ban doctors from protesting against low pay and force them to continue working. Lawmakers in the 150-seat...

Slovak opposition rallies against the government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico

Nov. 17, 2024 22:06 PM EST

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands of protesters gathered in Slovakia’s capital on Sunday, the 35th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that brought an end to decades of communist rule in Czechoslovakia, to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. The...

Former Slovak President Andrej Kiska loses pension after fraud conviction

Nov. 14, 2024 11:30 AM EST

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s presidential office said Thursday it has stopped sending pension payments to former President Andrej Kiska because of his tax fraud conviction, and Kiska said he would challenge the move. The presidential office said the halt in payments...

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...

Court in Slovakia upholds tax fraud verdict against former President Kiska

Oct. 31, 2024 11:21 AM EDT

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — An appeals court in Slovakia on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that found former President Andrej Kiska guilty of tax fraud and gave him a suspended sentence. At the same time, the regional court in the eastern city of Presov lowered the original...

Leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia propose setting up migrant 'hotspots' outside the EU

Oct. 22, 2024 09:41 AM EDT

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The leaders of Hungary, Serbia and Slovakia on Tuesday proposed setting up facilities for hosting asylum-seekers outside the territory of the European Union, a solution they said would help stem illegal immigration they believe poses an existential threat to the bloc. ...

Slovak government and South Korea's Hyundai Mobis sign a deal to build an electric car parts plant

Oct. 15, 2024 05:15 AM EDT

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — The Slovak government and Hyundai Mobis on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding on the South Korean company’s plan to build a plant for engines and other parts for electric cars in Slovakia. Prime Minister Robert Fico said Hyundai Mobis will...