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- Nuclear Inspector Dies in Iran Crash
A South Korean nuclear inspector on a mission for the United Nations was killed, and a Slovakian inspector was injured, when their car overturned.
- Central Europeans angry at Swiss migrant worker cut
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Four central European countries protested on Friday against Switzerland's cut in permits for immigrant workers, saying the measure undermined its image as an open and friendly country. The Visegrad group - the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia - issued a joint statement expressing "deep regret" over the Swiss decision. ...
- Nazi hunters ask Hungary to try 1944 war crimes suspect
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Nazi-hunters from the Simon Wiesenthal Center have named 95-year-old Hungarian Laszlo Csatary as their most wanted war crimes suspect and have asked Hungary to prosecute him, an expert at the center said on Friday. In its annual report this week, the center said that Csatary, who is accused of helping organize the deportation of about 15,700 Jews to the Auschwitz death camp from the Slovakian city of Kosice in 1944, had returned to Hungary from Canada. Csatary was the commander of police in Kosice, which was part of Hungary, during World War Two. ...
- Coyotes' Raffi Torres suspended for Hossa hit
 The NHL suspended Phoenix Coyotes forward Raffi Torres indefinitely on Wednesday for knocking Chicago's Marian Hossa out of the game — and maybe the playoffs — with a shoulder blow to the head.
- Easter tradition
 Young Slovaks dressed in traditional costumes throw a bucket of water at a girl as part of Easter celebrations in the village of Trencianska Tepla, 145 km north of Bratislava. Slovakia's men splash women with water and hit them with a willow to symbolize youth, strength and beauty for the upcoming spring season.
- Slovak leftists take power, commit to austerity
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovakia's centre-left leader Robert Fico was sworn in as prime minister on Wednesday and vowed to rein in the small nation's widening budget deficit and commit to austerity. The 47-year-old Europhile and his Smer party swept to a landslide victory in a March election, ousting the centre-right government of Iveta Radicova, which had collapsed in October in a row over beefing up of the euro zone's bailout fund. ...
- Slovak President appoints leftist Fico as prime minister
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic appointed centre-left leader Robert Fico as prime minister on Wednesday after his Smer party won a landslide victory in an early election last month. The 47-year-old lawyer, who concluded Slovakia's accession to the euro zone during his previous term as prime minister in 2006-2010, replaces Iveta Radicova, whose centre-right government collapsed in October last year. Fico has said he would honor pledges to cut the fiscal gap below the EU's official limit of 3 percent next year, flagging higher taxes for wealthy Slovaks and companies. ...
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The United States lost to Slovakia 4-2 Monday for its first loss at hockey's world championships after opening with two victories.
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