The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party was a liberal-conservative, Christian-democratic political party in Slovakia. The SDKÚ-DS was a member of the Centrist Democrat International and was a member of the European People's Party until 2018, when it was expelled.
Direction – Slovak Social Democracy, formerly and legally called Direction – Social Democracy, is a national-populist political party in Slovakia led by the former prime minister Robert Fico. The party claims to represent social democracy with Slovak national specifics. Political scientists observe an extremist and anti-establishment rhetoric.
Elections in Slovakia gives information on election and election results in Slovakia.
Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD) is a high explosive organic compound. HMTD is an organic peroxide, a heterocyclic compound with a cage-like structure. It is a primary explosive. It has been considered as an initiating explosive for blasting caps in the early part of 20th century, mostly because of its high initiating power and its inexpensive production. As such, it was quickly taken up as a primary explosive in mining applications. However, it has since been superseded by more (chemically) stable compounds such as dextrinated lead azide and DDNP. HMTD is widely used in amateur-made blasting caps.
Law enforcement in Slovakia is divided among various agencies under the Slovak ministries of Interior, Justice, Traffic, Defense, Finance and local governments within the Republic. The Slovak Secret Service, one out of four secret services in the country, also lists among its tasks those usually reserved for the police force, for example fighting against organized crime and computer crime, Slovakia also features voluntary police without any extra rights.
Martin Dúbravka is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Premier League club Manchester United, on loan from Newcastle United, and the Slovakia national team.
The 2010 Bratislava shooting, or Devínska Nová Ves shooting, occurred on 30 August 2010, when eight people were killed and at least 17 were injured by a lone gunman who opened fire in Devínska Nová Ves district in a suburb of the Slovak capital, Bratislava. The gunman then committed suicide. The shooting spree took place both inside a local panel building and later in the street outside.
Luboš Blaha is a Slovak Marxist political scientist, philosopher and politician. He is a member of the National Council, the Slovak parliament, affiliated with the left-wing SMER-SD party.
99 Percent – Civic Voice is a left-wing populist political party in Slovakia inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement. It is jointly led by manager Alena Dušatková, radio journalist Pavol Pavlík, and lawyer and former police investigator Peter Vačok.
Milan Škriniar is a Slovak professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Inter Milan and captains the Slovakia national team.
Andraž Šporar is a Slovenian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Super League Greece club Panathinaikos and the Slovenia national team.
Andrej Kiska is a Slovak politician, entrepreneur, writer and philanthropist who served as the fourth president of Slovakia from 2014 to 2019. He ran as an independent candidate in the 2014 presidential election in which he was elected to the presidency in the second round of voting over Prime Minister Robert Fico. Kiska declined to run for a second term in 2019. He has written two books about happiness, success and his life.
New Majority is a conservative political party in Slovakia.
Presidential elections were held in Slovakia in March 2019. Incumbent President Andrej Kiska did not run for a second term.
Ján Kuciak was a Slovak investigative journalist. Kuciak worked as a reporter for the news website Aktuality.sk, focused mainly on investigating tax fraud of several businessmen with connections to top-level Slovak politicians. He and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were shot dead in February 2018 in their home in Veľká Mača, Galanta District, Slovakia.
Tibor Gašpar was the President of police of Slovakia. He assumed office in 2012.
Jaroslav Spišiak is a Slovak former police force President and Vice President throughout most of the 2000s.
Together – Civic Democracy is a conservative-liberal and environmentalist political party in Slovakia. It was established in 2018.
Zuzana Čaputová, is a Slovak politician, lawyer and environmental activist. She is the fifth president of Slovakia, a position she has held since 15 June 2019. Čaputová is the first woman to hold the presidency, as well as the youngest president in the history of Slovakia, elected at the age of 45.
Good Choice and Moderates is a political party in Slovakia. The party's goals were officially announced at a press conference on 12 September 2019.
