The war in neighbouring Ukraine has been an electoral campaign fixture that divides Slovaks. Slovakia will hold the first round of a presidential election that is a battle between the Central European ...

Slovak nationalist-left government candidate Peter Pellegrini has won the country’s presidential election, cementing the grip of pro-Russian Prime Minister Robert Fico over the country. Pellegrini had ...

Slovak nationalist-left government candidate Peter Pellegrini emerged victorious in the country’s presidential election on Saturday, solidifying the influence of pro-Russian Prime Minister Robert Fico ...

Why does this election matter? The Slovak presidency is a largely ceremonial post, but the election has been closely watched as a test of strength between political forces that want the polarized ...

The victory for Peter Pellegrini, an ally of Slovakia’s populist prime minister, strengthens Central Europe’s ties to Moscow. By Andrew Higgins Andrew Higgins writes about political, economic and ...

Polls indicate the second round will be the narrowest in Slovakia’s history, with the outcome depending on which way the Hungarian minority and anti-system voters lean. After the first round of the ...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A pro-Western career diplomat and a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico are facing each other in a presidential runoff on Saturday to determine who will ...

Voters in Slovakia went to the polls to pick a new president on Saturday, choosing between pro-Western opposition candidate Ivan Korcok and Peter Pellegrini running for the governing nationalist left ...

April 2 (Reuters) - Ivan Korcok, a pro-Western diplomat and former foreign minister, is hoping to ride a wave of support energised by his first-round victory to edge out government party candidate ...

Slovak ex-foreign minister Ivan Korcok and current parliament speaker Peter Pellegrini will face off in April's presidential election runoff, near-final results showed Saturday. The liberal Korcok led ...

Ivan Korcok with his wife, Sona Korcokova, during the first round of Slovakia’s vote on Saturday – Copyright AFP Hassan JARRAH Slovakia’s recent shift towards ...