Bratislava

On June 15, Peter Pellegrini was officially sworn in as the new president of Slovakia, making an ambiguous reference to the war in Ukraine and the Ukrainian refugees accepted by Slovakia in his first speech.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been released from hospital. Doctors reported that his health was improving, and he began the rehabilitation process.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in serious but stable condition at Roosevelt Hospital after the assassination attempt, and his transfer to Bratislava is not possible for several more days.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fitzo was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt carried out by a 71-year-old xenophobic writer with with possible pro-Russian ties.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a stable but serious condition in intensive care after an assassination attempt that resulted in multiple gunshot wounds and a 5-hour surgery.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered several gunshot wounds and is in a life-threatening condition after an assassination attempt, according to his official Facebook account.

Artem Artyukhov, Head of the Ethics Committee of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (NAQA), Associate Professor of Marketing at Sumy State University, PhD in Engineering, has written his doctoral dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Economics. His defense will take place on April 19 at the University of Economics in Bratislava, where he has been working since last year.

Two German companies, Knauf and WKB Systems, are supplying Russians with construction materials to rebuild occupied Mariupol, despite the fact that Knauf is actively present in Ukraine.

The Visegrad foreign ministers agreed that Ukraine should restore its territorial integrity after Russian aggression, although Hungary and Slovakia did not explicitly confirm their support for this statement.

Slovakia and Hungary refused to participate in financing a Czech initiative to purchase 800,000 artillery shells for Ukraine, citing their opposition to the provision of lethal weapons and their belief that the conflict has no military solution.

Thousands of people protested in Bratislava against the pro-russian position of the Slovak government and in support of Ukraine.

Thousands of people protested in Slovakia against the plans of the government of Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the criminal code, in particular, to abolish the special prosecutor's office for investigating serious crimes. The EU expressed concern that these changes could undermine the rule of law.

The Slovak opposition is planning new protests in at least eight cities against the government of Prime Minister Robert Fico for trying to eliminate the special prosecutor's office and soften punishment for corruption.