2018 in Slovakia
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Events in the year 2018 in Slovakia.
Incumbents
[edit | edit source]- President – Andrej Kiska (Independent)
- Prime Minister – Robert Fico (Smer-SD) (until 22 March), Peter Pellegrini (Direction–SSD) (starting 22 March)
- Speaker of the National Council – Andrej Danko
Events
[edit | edit source]- 21 February – Murder of Ján Kuciak
- 10 November – 2018 Slovak local elections
- 25 November – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini says Slovakia will not support the Global Compact for Migration.[1] Slovakia joins with Hungary in its opposition to the Global Compact for Migration.
- 29 November – The Slovak parliament votes 90-15 against the Global Compact for Migration.[2][3]
Sports
[edit | edit source]- 9 to 25 February – Slovakia participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 56 competitors in 7 sports
Deaths
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- 5 January – Marián Labuda, actor (b. 1944).[4]
- 18 March – Michal Horský, political scientist and politician (b. 1943)
- 6 April – Pavol Paška, politician (b. 1958)
- 23 April – Vladimír Weiss, footballer (b. 1939)