Slovak President Andrej Kiska has vetoed a controversial law banning foreign national anthems at public events, his office said in a statement on Thursday. Ethnic Hungarian MPs who said they had voted ...

As nationalistic laws go, the one just passed in Slovakia seems rather tame on the surface. Earlier this month, the Slovak parliament approved a “patriotic act” mandating that every school play the ...

Traditionally, a presidential veto is seen as a sign that the president is overriding the wishes of the country’s lawmakers. But in outgoing Slovak President Andrej Kiska’s case, to veto a law that a ...

According to SME.sk (SLO), a draft bill by the Slovak National Party (SNS) will introduce “obligatory patriotism” in Slovakia beginning April 1: […] It is Monday morning. In every state-run […] school ...

Slovakia's nationalist government on Wednesday presented a new arrangement of the country's anthem designed to "boost national pride", but the project has raised eyebrows over its cost and value. The ...