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A stunning gold ring lost at a medieval castle in Slovakia over 700 years ago has been rediscovered. The jewelry was likely worn by a bishop and includes an unusual Sri Lankan reddish-purple sapphire set in a band flanked by lions...Beljak Pažinová led a team of researchers in studying the ring, which was discovered at Zvolen Castle in central Slovakia. A treasure hunter found the ring in 2001, but archaeologists didn't receive it until March 2023...Although rings were common accessories for both men and women in medieval Europe, the discovery of a gold ring with a valuable gemstone is extremely...

Two European allies of Russian President Vladimir Putin have fallen ill, according to reports, days before they were set to attend a Victory Day parade in Moscow. Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico have had their trips to Russia questioned amid reported health scares.

The Slovak government halted purchases of COVID-19 vaccines on Wednesday pending a review of their safety by the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Prime Minister Robert Fico said. Fico, a populist who has himself declined coronavirus vaccination, has long criticised the COVID policies of the previous governments, including vaccination campaigns before his return to power in 2023. Fico told a televised briefing that based on a 2023 agreement signed by a previous administration, Slovakia was still due to receive 300,000 more vaccine doses for around 5.7 million euros ($6.48 million). He did not name the suppliers. "We have an expert opinion...

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Despite intense pressure from Brussels’ foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas, the nationalist leaders of Slovakia and Serbia are resolutely standing their ground, opting to honor their historical ties with Russia rather than yield to the petty whims of unelected and increasingly irrelevant EU bureaucrats.Both Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić have confirmed that, regardless of any backlash that they may face from globalists leading the EU, they will be attending Moscow’s Victory Day celebrations on May 9, marking a major symbolic break from the European Union’s official stance.Fico, known for his nationalist, left-populist politics and strong...

On March 21, in the Malá Fatra mountains near Bratislava, Slovakia, a European brown bear attacked a man who was hiking with his dog. The bear was reported to have had cubs with her. Mr. Piotr was carrying a mid-sized axe, which was used to clear brush and trim limbs.The axe appears similar to what we would have called a “cruiser” axe, about a 3/4-sized axe with a single-bit head. Mr. Piotr casually swings the axe as he walks along. It is something this correspondent often did while walking through the forest over 50 years ago. An axe is a...

Hungary & Slovakia totally against wasting their tax payer Euros on weapons for Ukraine. 4:44

Ukraine has attacked the Russian pipeline that cuts off the energy to Hungary and Slovakia. Budapest declared it was an attack on its sovereignty in the official statement of the Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó. Zelensky is out of control. Hungary has informed Ukraine that Hungary considers this an act of war that is an “attack on its sovereignty.” They also informed Ukraine: “We urge the Ukrainians not to attack energy infrastructure that supplies Hungary.” Video Player The former president of France stood alongside the Chancellor of Germany and declared that the purpose of the EU was to create one...

The war in Ukraine has disproportionately hurt Hungary and Slovakia. To add insult to injury, Zelensky declined to renew a gas line deal that was providing the two European nations with essential energy. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico have once again broken ties with the European Union and shot down the latest Ukrainian aid package. Fico has said that he would not send Ukraine another euro and called “peace through strength” measures “unrealistic.” Furthermore, Fico sees through Zelensky’s victimization and is reportedly “sick” of his games. “He roams Europe begging and blackmailing, asking others...

Cillian @CilComLFC 🇸🇰 Slovakia PM Robert Fico goes NUCLEAR on Zelensky: "I’m not here to walk hand in hand with President Zelensky. I’m fed up with him. He is constantly begging and extorting others for money. This has to STOP." Finally, a European leader with the courage to speak the truth! 🔥🔥

At the foot of Slovakia's Štiavnické vrchy hills, a long-forgotten hilltop settlement is giving up its secrets. Using state-of-the-art aerial scanning technology, researchers have uncovered remnants of stone structures and terraced fields stretching down the valley slopes – evidence of a rich and complex past. Their precise age remains a mystery, writes the My Levice website.A team of geoinformatics experts from the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava has mapped the 140-hectare site using LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), an advanced laser scanning system.The technology has not only exposed previously unknown locations but also shed new light on prehistoric fields...

A Slovakian principal says that the unique subject of falconry at his school helps to shape children's personalities and improve their concentration. Working with birds of prey requires a relationship of trust between animals and humans.

Late on Friday afternoon, people slowly gather at Freedom Square in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, to protest against the government of Prime Minister Robert Fico. This isn't the first rally of its kind being held in Bratislava. The latest series of protests began on December 23, a day after the prime minister's surprise trip to Russia, and have been held at regular intervals ever since. The protesters here agree on one thing: Slovakia does not belong to Russia. And many feel that Fico's pre-Christmas meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow was an act of treason. Fighting for...

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According to the Slovak prime minister, foreign "specialists" have already arrived in SlovakiaPRAGUE, January 22. /TASS/. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has called an emergency meeting of the republic’s Security Council after security services received intelligence about an impending coup d’etat with the involvement of "foreign experts" who helped launch the color revolutions in Georgia and Ukraine, the Dennik N web portal said. Fico stressed that he was ready for anything "but the country cannot be overthrown." According to him, foreign "specialists" have already arrived in Slovakia. He said that attempts to overthrow legitimate authorities may be carried out by...

"With geopolitical tension running high in Europe, every government that dares differ from the Liberal-Globalist establishment emanating its orders from Brussels (and Biden’s Washington) is set to be infiltrated and destabilized – maybe even overthrown – by Color Revolutions or Maidan coups." (snip) Today (22), Slovak Intelligence received information about the organization of a ‘long-term influence operation’ to destabilize Slovakia.“A group of ‘foreign experts’ involved in the events in Georgia and the 2014 Maidan in Ukraine are operating in Slovakia with the aim of overthrowing the government, Slovakian PM Robert Fico has said.”

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico vowed on Sunday to block Ukraine from joining NATO for as long as he is head of the country's government. NATO's leadership wants Ukraine to join the military alliance after its war with Russia ends in order to deter further aggression from Moscow, but Fico's declaration highlights the political difficulties that are likely to arise in pursuing that aim. “As long as I am head of the Slovak government, I will direct the MPs that are under my control as chairman of the [ruling Smer] party never to agree to Ukraine's joining NATO,” he said...

The Slovak Spectator reports that archaeologists are excavating a crypt at Trenčín Castle, which is located in western Slovakia. Historic records suggest that there may be an entrance to a second chamber in the northern wall of the crypt located beneath the altar at Lord's Chapel. "We have successfully revealed the original staircase leading into the crypt, and have cleared about half the structure," said archaeologist Juraj Malec. The chapel and the crypt were built by Barbara of Celje, the Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia, who remodeled the medieval castle in the fifteenth century. The chapel...