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Newly elected Slovakian president wants to follow course with Ukraine

The Social Democrat Peter Pellegrini wins the Slovak presidential election. He urges caution when it comes to arms deliveries to neighboring Ukraine. And also refers to Olaf Scholz. Parliament Speaker Peter Pellegrini has won the presidential election in Slovakia more clearly than expected. The still unofficial results published by the State Election Commission that night […]

Slovakia: Pellegrini wins presidential election

Almost all ballot papers have been counted. The liberal Korcok can no longer catch up with the Social Democrat Pellegrini – Korcok is already admitting defeat. The Social Democratic Parliament Speaker Peter Pellegrini has won the presidential election in Slovakia. After 99.8 percent of the electoral districts were counted, he was clearly ahead of the […]

Slovakia: Pellegrini wins presidential election

The presidential election in Slovakia has probably been decided. In the runoff election, after most votes were counted, Peter Pellegrini was ahead. The Social Democratic parliamentary speaker Peter Pellegrini is likely to have won the presidential election in Slovakia. After almost 90 percent of the electoral districts were counted, he was clearly ahead of the […]

Pellegrini looks set to win the presidential election

Almost 90 of the ballot papers have been counted. The liberal Korcok can basically no longer catch up with the social democrat Pellegrini. With a slight delay, the decisive second round of the presidential election in Slovakia ended shortly after 10 p.m. Around 4.4 million voters were called upon to elect the future head of […]

Head-to-head race for the presidency in Slovakia

The runoff election for the presidency in Slovakia promises to be exciting. The war in neighboring Ukraine overshadowed the election. In addition, society is polarized. The Ukraine policy is up for vote, but also the attitude towards the rule of law and democracy: a new head of state will be elected next Saturday in the […]

Korčok made a schoolboy mistake. In school. He doesn’t want to admit it

If it weren’t for 1989 and the change of regime, I wouldn’t be in diplomacy, said candidate for the head of state Ivan Korčok in one of his pre-election debates. He organizes them all over Slovakia. On Student Day, students were the first to take to the streets. And among other things, they wanted academia […]