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Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia is suspended after a Ukrainian drone attack on the Druzhba pipeline in Bryansk Oblast, Russia. Hungarian foreign minister Péter Szijjártó confirms the suspension.
2025-08-18

Hungary accuses the European Union of being behind Ukraine-placed sanctions blocking Russian oil shipments to both Hungary and Slovakia essential for their fuel security as blackmail for anti-Ukraine acts, following the European Commission's refusal to mediate sanction negotiations while asserting that there was no oil shortage.
2024-08-24

Bulgaria temporarily bans the import of grain from Ukraine, except for those in transit, following similar decisions made by Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia.
2023-04-19

Slovakia announces that it will donate its MiG-29 fighter jets, and supply part of its Kub air-defense system to Ukraine.
2023-03-17

Slovakia expels three Russian diplomats for alleged espionage and bribery.
2022-03-14

The Slovak government declares a 90-day state of emergency and will impose a two-week lockdown for the entire country beginning tomorrow, which will close all non-essential shops and restaurants and limit a person's movement to specific reasons only as the country reports a record 10,315 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours.
2021-11-24

Slovakia reports 2,890 new cases in the past 24 hours, the highest tally yet since the pandemic began, as the country launches an experimental testing program for its population.
2020-10-24

Slovakia reports 2,075 new cases in the past 24 hours, a new record for the second day in a row.
2020-10-16

In Slovakia, thousands of demonstrators rally against European Union plans to host asylum-seekers, and dozens are detained after they attacked spectators of a cycle race in the capital, Bratislava.
2015-06-20

A gunman opens fire in Devínska Nová Ves, a borough of the Slovak capital Bratislava, killing 8 people and injuring 14 others.
2010-08-30