News digest: Fico slowly roars back
Košice police brutality, US adventurer with Slovak roots, and an invitation to a dance evening.
Good evening. Here is the Monday, July 8 edition of Today in Slovakia - the main news of the day in less than five minutes.
Liberalism is a huge threat to Slovakia, Fico thinks
Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) appeared in public twice in recent days. It was his first public appearance in almost two months since being shot multiple times in Handlová.
During the national holiday last Friday, which he celebrated by delivering a speech at Devín Castle in Bratislava, he declared that Slovakia is threatened by progressive and liberal ideologies that must be stopped. He also praised Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for his trip to Moscow, which Fico said he would have joined if he were fit. However, he did not call on Russia to withdraw its troops from Ukraine in his speech.
On Monday, Fico posed in a field near Trnava. This time, he did not attack anyone. Instead, he predicted that he would be able to throw away his cane by mid-August, thanked farmers, and reminisced about his childhood.
MORE STORIES FROM THE SLOVAK SPECTATOR WEBSITE
- Politics: A group of police officers in Košice is being investigated for allegedly beating a man in an interrogation room. He had done nothing wrong and was unable to defend himself.
- Business: Labor law is not boring. Law firms revealed the inspirational cases they have worked on.
- Profile: Daria Otreshko, a Ukrainian student based in Banská Bystrica, never turns off air-raid warnings intended for her hometown of Kremenchuk.
- Opinion: A journey of belonging within the International Women’s Club of Bratislava.
- Culture: Did you know a short story by a Slovak writer will be published in a renowned Australian magazine in mid-July? Discover more good news in our overview.
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FEATURE STORY
What Michigan-born explorer Vanessa O’Brien learned from her Slovak grandparents
English-American Vanessa O’Brien, reached the top of Everest on May 19, 2012. It was just one of a long list of milestones the financier, explorer, aquanaut, astronaut, author, public speaker and multiple Guinness World Record holder says she has managed to achieve, at least in part, because of her Slovak roots.
EVENT
Tuesday dance evenings by the fountain
Come dance in Bratislava-Karlova Ves Tuesday evening (from 19:00 to 21:00) at the Rodina (Family) fountain on Karloveská ulica. The beginning of the dance evening always starts with demonstration lessons, which are intended for everyone who wants to refresh their basics, as well as for those who have never danced before.
IN OTHER NEWS
- The second-largest supplier of gas in Slovakia - the ZSE group - has concluded a deal regarding supplies of LNG gas mostly from the United States. The new LNG supplies will be available for customers as of 2025. LNG is set to be imported from the United States on tankers carrying it to the Lithuanian port of Klaipeda, from where it will be transported to Slovakia via Poland.
- The National Institute of Children’s Diseases in Bratislava has offered to help a children’s hospital in Kyiv, Ukraine, with the placement of seriously ill children after Monday’s attack. Russian troops carried out large-scale missile attacks on various Ukrainian cities on Monday.
- President Peter Pellegrini, Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák and Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár left on Monday for Washington, where they will take part in a NATO summit later this week.
- As many as 46.4 percent of Slovaks gravitate towards an exclusively pro-western geopolitical orientation of Slovakia, with 39.5 percent believing that Slovakia should strive for a more balanced position between Russia and the West and only 8 percent preferring Slovakia to stand on the side of Russia, a June survey called 'How Are You, Slovakia?' shows. It was conducted by MNFORCE in cooperation with the Slovak Academy of Sciences.
- A woman left her golden retriever in her BMW car outside the Bory shopping mall in Bratislava on July 7. She went to get a manicure in the meantime. According to the police, she stayed in the mall for four hours. The dog, in poor health, was taken to a veterinary clinic.
WEATHER FOR TUESDAY: Clear skies. Daytime temperatures will range from 27°C to 34°C. A high-temperature weather warning will be in place in the districts of southern and western Slovakia. (SHMÚ)
JULY 9 NAME DAY IN SLOVAKIA: Lujza.
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