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People take part in a protest against scrapping the Special Prosecutor's Office organised by the Slovakian opposition parties in front of the Government Office in Bratislava, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. (Lukas Grinaj/TASR via AP)

Thousands rally in Slovakia to condemn the new government’s plan to close top prosecutors’ office

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FILE - Newly appointed Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives for a swearing in ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, Oct. 25, 2023. On Wednesday Dec. 6, 2023, Slovakia's new government, of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, approved an amendment of the country's penal code to cancel the special prosecutor's office that deals with most serious crimes and corruption. The move has been been criticized by President Zuzana Caputova, the opposition and no-governmental organisation who say it will harm the rule of law in the country. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Slovakia’s new government closes prosecutor’s office that deals with corruption and serious crimes

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Czech Republic's Prime Minister Petr Fiala welcomes his Slovakia counterpart Robert Fico, right, to Prague, Czech Republic, Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Slovak leader calls the war between Russia and Ukraine a frozen conflict

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FILE - Chairman of SMER-Social Democracy party Robert Fico arrives at his party's headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023 the day after an early parliamentary election. On Monday Oct. 30, 2023, the new Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced a "massive" deployment of police and armed forces along the border with Hungary to prevent growing numbers of migrants entering the country. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Slovakia’s new government announces a massive deployment at the Hungarian border to curb migration

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Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova talks to the media during a news conference in Skopje, North Macedonia, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022. Caputova was ready to swear in a new Cabinet lead by a former populist prime minister after its junior party accepted her condition to remove an originally nominated environment minister known for his disbelieve in the threat of climate change, the presidential office said on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski, File)

Slovakia’s president is ready to swear in a new Cabinet after partner replaces ministry nominee

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FILE - Chairman of Smer-Social Democracy party Robert Fico, center, adresses the results of an early parliamentary election during a press conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. Fico, a populist former prime minister of Slovakia who plans to end the country’s military support for Ukraine, signed on Monday a coalition agreement with the leaders of two other parties to form a new government. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, File)

Populist Slovak ex-prime minister signs coalition deal with 2 other parties to form a new government

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Police officers checks cars and vans at the Slovak-Hungarian border in Sahy, Slovenia, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Slovakia began conducting border checks with neighboring Hungary on Thursday amid what it says is a dramatic rise in illegal border crossings, part of a flurry of similar border measures other Central European countries have imposed in recent days. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Slovakia begins border checks with neighboring Hungary in an effort to curb migration

By Justin Spike - Associated Press

Czech policemen walk on patrol at the border with Slovakia near Stary Hrozenkov, Czech Republic, on Sept. 29, 2022. Slovakia will resume the checks at the border with Hungary to reduce the growing numbers of illegal migrants entering the country, the government decided on Wednesday Oct. 4, 2023. The measure, which will become effective on Thursday, came the day that the country’s neighbours, including Austria, the Czech Republic and Poland reintroduced controls on at their borders with Slovakia for at least 10 days to curb migration. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Slovakia reintroduces checks on the border with Hungary to curb migration

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Chairman of Smer-Social Democracy party Robert Fico, center, adresses the results of an early parliamentary election during a press conference in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. A populist former prime minister and his leftist party have won parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Populist Fico, skeptical of Ukraine war, tops Slovakia vote

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

Former Slovak Prime Minister and head of leftist SMER - Social Democracy party Robert Fico arrives for an election rally in Michalovce, Slovakia, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Fico leads his party in the upcoming early elections that are held in Slovakia on Sept. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Slovakia election pits a pro-Russia former prime minister against a liberal pro-West newcomer

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A deer stands by hay bales in a field in Czosnow, near Warsaw, Poland, Monday, Sept.18, 2023. Poland, along with Hungary and Slovakia, continue their ban on imports of Ukraine grain, saying it hurts the interests of their farmers. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Ukraine complains to WTO about Hungary, Poland and Slovakia banning its food products

By Jamey Keaten and Illia Novikov - Associated Press

Supporters of former Slovak Prime Minister and head of leftist SMER — Social Democracy party Robert Fico attend an election rally in Michalovce, Slovakia, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Fico, whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early parliamentary election this month plans to reverse the country’s military and political support for neighboring Ukraine in a direct challenge to the European Union and NATO if he returns to power. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

As Slovakia’s trust in democracy fades, its election front-runner campaigns against aid to Ukraine

By Karel Janicek - Associated Press

Newly elected Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova arrives for a tv interview in front of the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, March 31, 2019. On Tuesday June 20, 2023 Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova said she will not seek reelection in next year's presidential election. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek/File)

Slovakia’s first female president won’t seek reelection next year

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Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova, right, appoints a caretaker government led by the economist and National Bank of Slovakia vice-chair Ludovit Odor in Bratislava, Monday, May 15, 2023. Slovakia’s new government of technocrats lost a mandatory confidence vote in Parliament on Thursday. President Zuzana Caputova who swore in the 15-member Cabinet led by Prime Minister Ludovit Odor on May 15 has to dismiss it. (Jaroslav Novak/TASR via AP, File)

Slovakia’s technocrat government loses mandatory confidence vote, to stay till September snap vote

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Napoli's Marek Hamsik, of Slovakia, celebrates after scoring during a Serie A soccer match between Napoli and Udinese, at the Napoli San Paolo stadium, Italy, Sunday, Oct. 7, 2012. Former Slovakia and Napoli captain Marek Hamšík announced on Thursday, June 1, 2023, he is retiring from soccer at the end of the season. (AP Photo/Salvatore Laporta, File)

Former Slovakia captain Marek Hamsik to retire from soccer at end of season

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Marian Kocner the suspected mastermind in the slaying of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova, is escorted by armed police officers from a courtroom after a trial session in Pezinok, Slovakia on Dec. 19, 2019. On Friday, May 19, 2023, a court in Slovakia acquitted again a businessman accused of masterminding the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancée, a crime that shocked the country and led a government to fall. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek) **FILE**

Slovak court acquits businessman in retrial over 2018 murder of journalist

By Karel Janicek - Associated Press

Slovakia's President Zuzana Caputova, right, appoints a caretaker government led by the economist and National Bank of Slovakia vice-chair Ludovit Odor in Bratislava, Monday, May 15, 2023. Caputova has sworn in a government of technocrats to lead the country to snap elections in September amid a political crisis in the country. (Jaroslav Novak/TASR via AP)

Slovakia gets technocratic caretaker government until September’s early election

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Slovak Air Force MiG-29s fly over an airport during an airshow in Malacky, Slovakia, on Aug. 27, 2022. Slovakia has delivered the remaining nine of the 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets that the country decided to give Ukraine, the Slovak Defense Ministry said on Monday, April 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Slovakia gives Ukraine remaining 9 of 13 promised warplanes

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Slovakia's central bank (NBS) governor Peter Kazimir during a press conference on "Rebuilding Europe after the COVID-19 pandemic" in Bratislava, June 29, 2020. A court official on Thursday, April 13, 2023 says governor of Slovakia's Central Bank the Peter Kazimir has been convicted of bribery and sentenced to a 100,000 euros ($110,000) fine. Katarina Kudjakova, a spokesman for the country’s Special Criminal Court says if the fine is not paid, the court has handed Kazimir a two-year-suspended sentence. (Martin Baumann/TASR via AP, file)

Slovakia’s central bank chief fined for bribery, faces trial

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A Yugoslav air force Mig-29 fighter flies over Belgrade, on June 1998, during patrol duty. Slovakia was offered 12 new military helicopters by the United States as compensation for the MiG-29 fighter jets the country decided to give to Ukraine, Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad said on Wednesday, March 22, 2023. (AP photo/Sasa Radic) ** FILE **

Slovakia getting new U.S. combat helicopters after shipping retired jets to Ukraine

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times