by WorldTribune Staff, May 15, 2024 Contract With Our Readers Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico is reportedly in critical condition after being shot multiple times in an assassination attempt on Wednesday. Fico, who recently won re-election, was in the central town of Handlova in the mountainous Trenčín Region on Wednesday afternoon. Slovakian publication Denník […]
by WorldTribune Staff, April 27, 2022 Last month, Indiana Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb and the head of the Indiana National Guard met with Slovakia’s minister of defense and with its top general. The U.S. Embassy in Slovakia tweeted that the meeting was held to talk about “expanding” military cooperation between Slovakia and Indiana. “Why would […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has triggered a rising tsunami of refugees fleeing their beleaguered homeland and heading for neighboring Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. As the winds of war sweep across the Ukrainian steppe, this growing humanitarian wave of civilians, young and old with legions of children among them, […]
Special to WorldTribune , December 21, 2017 Yes: 128 No: 9 Abstain: 35 Y AFGHANISTAN Y DOMINICA Y LITHUANIA SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE Y ALBANIA A DOMINICAN REPUBLIC Y LUXEMBOURG Y SAUDI ARABIA Y ALGERIA Y ECUADOR Y MADAGASCAR Y SENEGAL Y ANDORRA Y EGYPT A MALAWI Y SERBIA Y ANGOLA EL SALVADOR Y MALAYSIA […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By Alexander Maistrovoy At a Party meeting the Party leader addresses the audience: “All of you will be hung tomorrow. Do you have questions? Silence. The Party leader: “I will repeat the question. Tomorrow you all will be hung. Does anybody want to say anything?” A timid voice is heard from the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com By John J. Metzler BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — The majestic Danube River connects Vienna, Bratislava and Budapest. Just 40 miles downriver from Vienna, the historic city of Bratislava rises above the Danubian plain. Still the turrets of Bratislava castle on the hill are more picturesque than forbidding but are usually missed in a […]
