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French professor drives 1,200 miles to offer his house to Ukrainian refugees

When Russia invaded Ukraine last week French professor Yves Gineste didn't think twice - he set off on a four-day drive to the eastern edge of Slovakia to offer his Perpignan house to refugees.

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Amid shelling, gritty girl from Ponnampet walked for the airlift

Fourth-year medical student says Poland, Hungary, Slovakia can admit students affected by the conflict

The Hindu

189 Indian students who reached Slovakia from Ukraine to fly home tonight: Rijiju

The law minister reached Slovakia on a SpiceJet flight sent to pull out Indians who reached the country by road from Ukraine

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Wizz Air offers 100,000 free flights for Ukraine refugees fleeing from Russian invasion

Wizz Air has announced it will offer 100,000 free flights for Ukrainian refugees following Russia's invasion of Ukraine with flights available from Poland, Slovakia and more border countries

Daily Mirror

EU must prepare for millions of refugees from Ukraine, commissioner says

The European Union must prepare for "millions" more refugees fleeing Russia's invasion of Ukraine after more than 400,000 have passed into the bloc, EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson said on Tuesday on a visit to Slovakia.

Reuters

Ukraine invasion: why eight Nato members triggered article 4 of the North Atlantic Treaty

In the 73 years since the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) was founded, member nations have activated article 4 of its founding treaty only half a dozen times. The latest instance was on February 24, the day Russia invaded Ukraine. Eight Nato members – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia,…

The Conversation

‘I’m afraid Russia will invade us next’: alarm among Ukraine’s neighbours

People in Lithuania, Slovakia, Latvia, Estonia, Romania and Poland fear Nato membership may not stop more Russian incursions

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Ukraine set to receive 70 fighter jets from EU nations, officials say

EU member states Bulgaria, Slovakia and Poland are providing MiG-29 and Su-25 planes to Ukraine

The Independent UK

Czechs to send 50 police to help with refugees at Slovak-Ukraine border

The Czech Republic will send 50 police to Slovakia's border with Ukraine to help register refugees fleeing the Russian invasion, Czech police said on Twitter on Monday.

Reuters

U.S. says Hungary, Romania borders options for Americans to exit Ukraine, some other routes backed up

The United States said on Sunday that Americans trying to exit Ukraine should consider leaving via land border crossings with Hungary, Romania and Slovakia, as wait times to cross there are lower than at the crossing with Poland and Moldova.

Reuters

Woman speaks out as her family forced to hide during Ukraine invasion

'We've told them to escape to Slovakia where we have family, but they don't want to'

Nottingham Post

Long queues form at central Europe border crossings as people flee Ukraine

People fleeing war in Ukraine poured into central Europe on Sunday, with queues at border crossings stretching back for kilometres on the fourth day of a Russian invasion that has pushed nearly 400,000 people to seek safety abroad.

Reuters

Slovak government to give money to those sheltering refugees from Ukraine

Slovakia will support people who shelter refugees from Ukraine with financial aid to help accommodate the thousands fleeing Russia's invasion of their country, Finance Minister Igor Matovic said on Saturday.

Reuters

Slovakia NATO unit to have 1,200 foreign troops, Patriot missile defence

A NATO battlegroup being formed for Slovakia in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine will include 1,200 foreign troops and a Patriot missile defence system manned by German and Dutch personnel, Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad said on Saturday.

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Germany to send company of troops to Slovakia to join new NATO battlegroup

Germany will send a company of troops to Slovakia that will build part of a new NATO battlegroup to be established there, German Defence Minister Christine Lambrecht said on Friday.

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Thousands flee Ukraine into EU, men told to stay and fight

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians, mostly women and children, crossed into Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia on Friday as Russian missiles pounded the capital Kyiv and men of fighting age were told to remain.

The Guardian - UK

UK politics live: Boris Johnson imposes sanctions against Putin and Lavrov – as it happened

Latest updates: PM also urges leaders to take ‘immediate action’ to ban Russia from Swift payment system; sending Nato forces to Ukraine would risk leading to ‘existential’ threat, says minister

Tribune News Service

Carl P. Leubsdorf: A different Europe faces this Russian aggression

In the 1950s and 1960s, revolutions started by nascent independence movements in Hungary and Czechoslovakia prompted the Soviet Union to unleash its military might to squash them.

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'I don't know what to do': fleeing Ukrainians start arriving in central Europe

Thousands of Ukrainians fleeing war with Russia started arriving in neighbouring central European countries on Thursday and the region braced for many more, setting up reception points and sending troops towards the borders to provide assistance.

Al Jazeera

Slovakia sets new trial in case of murdered journalist Jan Kuciak

A fresh trial against millionaire Marian Kocner and an alleged accomplice will begin next week.

The Guardian - UK

Covid live: Poland, Slovakia and Iceland latest countries set to end most coronavirus restrictions — as it happened

Move comes as case numbers and deaths continue to fall in many nations

Birmingham Post

Software provider to EY, IHG and King's College London completes acquisition of Slovakia firm

AppLearn recently announced plans to create 60 North West jobs

Reuters

Slovakia preparing for possible refugee flow from Ukraine

Slovakia is preparing its armed forces to help handle any possible flow of refugees from Ukraine after Russia's recognition of two separatist regions escalated the crisis, Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad said on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Central Europe braces for an influx of Ukrainian refugees

Poland, Slovakia and other states are ready to welcome Ukrainians fleeing tensions with Russia.

The Independent UK

Slovaks unveil monument to slain journalist and his fiancee

Slovakia has marked the anniversary of the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee by unveiling a monument to honor them at a central square in the capital of Bratislava

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