2018 in Slovakia

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Events in the year 2018 in Slovakia .

Incumbents

• President – Andrej Kiska (Independent)
• Prime Minister – Robert Fico (Smer-SD) (until 22 March), Peter Pellegrini (Direction–SSD) (starting 22 March)
• Speaker of the National Council – Andrej Danko

Events

• 21 February – Murder of Ján Kuciak
• 10 November – 2018 Slovak local elections
• 25 November – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini says Slovakia will not support the Global Compact for Migration. ^[1] Slovakia joins with Hungary in its opposition to the Global Compact for Migration.
• 29 November – The Slovak parliament votes 90-15 against the Global Compact for Migration. ^{[2] [3]}

Sports

• 9 to 25 February – Slovakia participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 56 competitors in 7 sports

Deaths

Marián Labuda

• 5 January – Marián Labuda, 73, actor.. ^[4]
• 10 March - Pavol Minárik, 60, politician. ^[5]
• 18 March – Michal Horský, 74, political scientist and politician.
• 6 April – Pavol Paška, 60, politician.
• 23 April – Vladimír Weiss, 78, footballer.

References

1. "Slovakia will not support U.N. Migration pact - prime minister". Reuters. 25 November 2018. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
4. "Zemřel slovenský herec Marián Labuda, řidič Pávek z Vesničky". kultura.zpravy.idnes.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 5 January 2018.
5. "Zomrel bývalý poslanec KDH Pavol Minárik". Aktuality.sk (in Slovak). 11 March 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2026.