Zuzana Caputova

Korčok, a nominee of the coalition party SaS, who has backed the DCA from the outset alongside Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď of OĽaNO, said the pact showed the current government is serious about the country's security and defence policy.

With coalition-wide negotiations ongoing, Heger called on his political partners to "not succumb to anger" and "built a culture of respect" between each other. "I am convinced that the key to change is not banging our fists on the table… but showing each other respect and decisiveness," he wrote on social media.

President Rumen Radev received congratulatory letters from heads of state from around the world on the occasion of his re-election for a second term, the press office of the head of state announced.

Renovation of Rakoczi's chateau in Borsa was officially finished in June 2021 at a ceremony attended by Slovak President Zuzana Caputova and her Hungarian counterpart Janos Ader. Photo: Tomas Hrivnak Sign listing the politicians responsible for the restoration of Rakoczi chateau in Borsa, Slovakia.

Pope Francis gets off a plane upon arrival at Bratislava International Aiport. He was welcomed with a traditional tasting of bread and salt on the tarmac of the airport, and received a bouquet of flowers typical for Slovakia. Traffic in the country's capital was paralysed for several hours on the day given extraordinary safety measures.

Ever since Pčolinský was detained, Sme Rodina has publicly declared that the charges against him are unlawful, suggesting they were being pressed as revenge within the bigger picture of tensions between and within law enforcement institutions in Slovakia.

Ljubljana – Congratulations to Slovenia are pouring in on Friday as the country is marking Statehood Day and the 30th anniversary of its independence. Congratulations to President Borut Pahor were sent today by the leaders of Italy, Austria, Croatia Germany, the Czech Republic, Russia, Japan, Belgium and Switzerland, the president’s office said.

Ljubljana – Prime Minister Janez Janša has proposed that President Borut Pahor call a meeting of the heads of parliamentary parties and deputy groups with the Health Ministry and its Covid-19 advisory group as soon as possible. Pahor meanwhile said that he had sent out invitations for Sunday morning.

"The crisis is very real and someone will have to take responsibility for it. At this point, it's hard to predict whether the government will still hold on to its constitutional majority in three months' time," political commentator Peter Tkacenko told BIRN.

Matovic's Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OLANO) party campaigned under the slogan "Together against the mafia".