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Slovak PM Fico Condemns EU Efforts to Disrupt Trump-Putin Summit in Hungary
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed his anger over attempts to derail the planned meeting between U.S. President Trump and Russian leader Putin, which was to take place in Hungary. According to him, these actions are allegedly coordinated...
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Slovak towns blindsided by plans for giant state-backed wind farm
21. October 2025 at 23:00 Local councils say they were not told of state-backed projects totalling more than 100 turbines and 700MW of capacity. Illustrative image (source: Pixabay) Font size: A - | A + A semi-state energy firm has unveiled plans...
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Born in Alaska, racing for Slovakia: A skier chases his Olympic dream
“We don’t have that in America,” said Slovak-American cross-country skier Peter Hinds, 23, after training in a snow tunnel for the first time in his life. Article continues after video advertisement Article continues after video advertisement He...
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German discounter opens first Slovak shop in Bratislava
21. October 2025 at 22:15 Woolworth aims to open 20 stores a year after debut in Bory Mall, competing with Pepco, Action, Tedi and Kik in Slovakia’s booming discount market. German discount retailer Woolworth has opened its first store in...
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House Attack Bratislava
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Amid the sleek modern buildings along Bajkalská Street, one headquarters stands out—thanks to an upside-down house that looks like it crashed straight into its façade. This whimsical installation, created by Austrian artist Erwin Wurm, is known as...
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Slovak PM Fico's attacker convicted of terrorism, jailed for 21 years
BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia - A Slovak court ruled on Tuesday that a man who shot and wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico last year was guilty of terrorism charges and handed him a 21-year jail sentence. Juraj Cintula, 72, shot at Fico five times...
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Slovak Gunman Who Shot Prime Minister Fico Convicted of Terrorism, Sentenced to 21 Years
A Slovak court has sentenced 72-year-old Juraj C. to 21 years in prison for the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico, ruling the 2024 shooting was a politically motivated terrorist attack. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom A Slovak court...
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Slovak court sentences PM Fico’s attacker to 21 years for ‘terror attack’
A Slovak court has convicted the pensioner who shot Prime Minister Robert Fico last year of a “terror attack” and sentenced him to 21 years in prison. The Specialised Criminal Court in Banska Bystrica convicted and sentenced 72-year-old Juraj...
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Slovak court sentences man to 21 years for attempted assassination of prime minister
PRAGUE — A court in Slovakia on Tuesday convicted a man of a terror attack and sentenced him to 21 years in prison over last year’s attempted assassination of the country’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. The shooting and the trial have...
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Slovak Court Jails PM Fico’s Attacker For 21 Years On Terrorism Charges
Home Europe Slovak Court Jails PM Fico’s Attacker For 21 Years On Terrorism Charges Juraj Cintula, 72, shot at Fico five times from just over a one-metre distance as the prime minister greeted people in the central Slovak town of Handlova in May...
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Slovakia Turns the Page on Russian Fossil Fuels – COMMENTARY
As the European Union (EU) commits to phasing out Russian fossil fuels by the end of 2027, energy security has become a strategic and geopolitical imperative. The ongoing war in Ukraine has only underscored what was already clear: Russia is not a...
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Slovak court sentences poet that shot PM to 21 years for ‘terror attack’
Published On 21 Oct 202521 Oct 2025 A Slovak court has convicted the pensioner who shot Prime Minister Robert Fico last year of a “terror attack” and sentenced him to 21 years in prison. The Specialised Criminal Court in Banska Bystrica convicted...
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Slovakia court sentences man behind the attempted assassination of PM to 21 years
Juraj Cintula, (center), is escorted to the Specialized Criminal Court in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia on July 8, 2025, for a trial over last year's attempted assassination of Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. (AP) BRATISLAVA, Slovakia,...
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Picasso is a firm favourite among thieves: more than 450 of the Malaga-born artist's works are being hunted down by Interpol
Share His name is not just the most sought-after by collectors at auctions. Or the most visited works of art at exhibitions. Pablo Picasso is also a favourite of thieves. The same type of thieves who carried out the audacious robbery at the Louvre...
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Slovakia sentences PM Fico’s attacker to 21 years for terrorism
A Slovak court has convicted Juraj Cintula, aged 72 for seriously injuring and shooting Prime Minister Robert Fico in May 2024 while he was greeting people in the central Slovak town of Handlova. He was found guilty on the charges of terrorism...
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Despite adaptation, Slovak immigrants to America preserved their culture, identity
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Man Who Shot Slovak Prime Minister Sentenced to 21 Years in Prison
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the Conservative Political Action Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 21, 2025. Jose Luis Magana/AP Photo The man who shot and seriously wounded Slovak Prime...
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Slovak Foreign Minister Blanár reiterates support for Ukraine’s EU bid
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Slovak Minister of Foreign Affairs Juraj Blanár of the ruling Smer party reiterated the country’s support for Ukraine’s EU bid on October 20. “We think that Ukraine is ready in a way, but there are objections of some other countries, and we have...
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Slovak court delivers 21-year jail term to man who shot PM
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Juraj Cintula, a 72-year-old who shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, stands in the courtroom in Banska Bystrica, central Slovakia, on October 21, 2025, for the verdict and sentencing in his trial. JOE KLAMAR / AFP A Slovak court on Tuesday,...
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Slovak court gives 21-year jail term to man who shot PM Fico
A Slovak court on Tuesday sentenced a gunman who shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico last year to 21 years in prison. Juraj Cintula, a 72-year-old poet, shot the nationalist and Kremlin-friendly Fico four times at close range on May 15, 2024,...
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