Oct 12 Slovakia's far-right leader sentenced to 4 years in prison By Associated Press The leader of a far-right party with seats in the Slovak parliament was convicted of illegal use of neo-Nazi symbols and sentenced to four years and four months in prison on Monday. Continue reading
May 03 WATCH: Trump welcomes prime minister of Slovakia to White House Peter Pellegrini is the latest central European leader to visit the White House as the U.S. works to curry favor in the region as a counterbalance to Russia and China. Continue reading
Mar 30 Watch 5:20 Seeing Holocaust survivors' stories in the books they left behind By PBS News Hour In 1942, Jews from then-Czechoslovakia were taken to the Auschwitz death camp. A window into their lives before the deportation can be found in a new book, "Last Folio," and a traveling exhibition at the Woodrow Wilson International Center in… Continue watching
Mar 08 Four nations urge U.S. gas exports amid Ukraine crisis By Josh Lederman, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Four Central European nations are urging the United States to boost natural gas exports to Europe as a hedge against the possibility that Russia could cut off its supply of gas to Ukraine. Ambassadors from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia… Continue reading