A Slovak schoolboy, the winner of the mathematics Olympiad, refused to shake the hand of the country's President, Peter Pellegrini, because he does not agree

Tucker Carlson enjoyed his sit-down with Putin so much that he went to Moscow again in December, this time to interview Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. It’s hard to tell whether Carlson or Danko enjoyed Moscow more, but can you guess who said which gushing quote about Russia? (Answers at the end; don’t scroll down!)

The no-confidence vote, if it succeeds, will trigger a snap election. According to a recent January poll, the liberal opposition Progressive Slovakia is the most popular party in the country on 23.9 percent support, with Fico’s ruling Smer in second on 18 percent.

Slovak citizens have begun protesting against the government's growing alignment with Moscow. The protests, dubbed 'Slovakia is Europe', are now in their third week, with at least 35,000 people taking part in the latest round on Friday in cities across Slovakia.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has rejected a Ukrainian invitation to visit Kyiv this week to discuss gas transit deals, Russia's TASS news agency said on Tuesday, citing a Slovak lawmaker, amid a spat over the end of Russian gas deliveries.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Ukraine's capital Kyiv this Friday, responding to his offer of talks to try to resolve a spat over the end of Russian gas deliveries.

The latest wave of anti-government rallies was fuelled by Robert Fico’s recent trip to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The TurkStream gas pipeline is the last one supplying Russian resources to Europe. Reports of its possible destruction have caused concern not only in the Kremlin but also in Budapest and Bratislava.

There will be more and more of us. Those who want to live in our little Slovakia, but in a civilized Europe,” said Eva Kulová, 84, who helped topple Communism.

"Bratislava is not Moscow, Slovakia is Europe," President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X on Jan. 25, voicing support for protests against Slovakia's government. The demonstrations, held under the slogan "Slovakia is Europe,

Russian president also echoes new US president’s claim conflict in Ukraine could have been prevented had he been in White House in 2022