2018 in Slovakia
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Incumbents
- 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
- 21 February – Murder of Ján Kuciak
- 10 November – 2018 Slovak local elections
- 20 November – Minister of Foreign Affairs Miroslav Lajčák announced that he would contemplate his resignation if the parliament rejected the Global Compact for Migration.[1]
- 25 November – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini says Slovakia will not support the Global Compact for Migration.[2] 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.[3][4]
- after the parliament had voted to refuse the compact, Miroslav Lajčák the Foreign Affairs Minister decided to resign,[5] but later withdrew his resignation.[6]
Sports
- 9 to 25 February – Slovakia participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 56 competitors in 7 sports
Deaths
- 5 January – Marián Labuda, 73, actor..[7]
- 10 March - Pavol Minárik, 60, politician.[8]
- 18 March – Michal Horský, 74, political scientist and politician.
- 6 April – Pavol Paška, 60, politician.
- 23 April – Vladimír Weiss, 78, footballer.