Former PM: System of informers operating in Slovakia to eliminate opposition

Slovakia’s neighbours will accept the bilingual vaccination certificates Slovakia started issuing on 22 May. However, Austria will only accept certificates on vaccines registered by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and World Health Organisation (WHO). “I’m glad that we’ve had initial…

Slovakia’s ruling OĽANO (Ordinary People and Independent Personalities) party is continuing to slump in the polls despite the recent resignation of Igor Matovič as prime minister in the wake of a scandal over procurement of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine, Sputnik…

Tensions have mounted at the Polish, Czech and German border over a coal mine in Poland that Prague says is contaminating its water supplies and has been operating illegally for over a year.

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO), headed by Laura Coveschi, will start operating on Tuesday without Bulgaria having the required 10 delegated prosecutors mandated to work on major fraud cases related to EU funds at the domestic level. Seven of…

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