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Slovak police in Sedlice.. Slovakia (population 5.4 million) is a Central European country with a history of relatively low crime. While crime became more widespread after the Revolutions of 1989, it remains low when compared to many other post-communist countries.
The Slovak mafia (Slovak: Slovenská mafia) constitutes various organized crime groups in Slovakia, controlled primarily by Slovak interests.The Slovak mafia does not have significant international presence and, even in Slovakia, their activities are limited by boundaries set by the powerful Russian mafia, Ukrainian mafia and Chechen mafia and various Balkan groups controlling much of the ...
Hate crimes are penalized more strictly in Slovakia. Anti-discrimination laws are enforced inconsistently, and the Romani people in particular experience discrimination, harassment, and police brutality. The Romani people are often segregated from other groups in Slovakia, and crimes against the Romani are not sufficiently investigated. [2]
Protesters in Slovakia formed a human chain around the country's public television and radio building Wednesday in anger over a takeover plan by the government whose populist, pro-Russia prime ...
A new study has revealed the most dangerous and most peaceful countries in the world for 2023.. The 17th edition of the annual Global Peace Index (GPI), produced by the Institute for Economics and ...
Slovakia, [a] officially the Slovak Republic, [b] is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest. Slovakia's mostly mountainous territory spans about 49,000 square kilometres (19,000 sq mi), hosting a ...
Victims were Slovak Jews, including women and children. [3] Hájniky massacre: 16-17 September 1944 Between Hájniky and Rybáre (currently Sliač), Slovak Republic: 11-12 Perpetrated by partisans of 1st Czechoslovak brigade "M. R. Štefánik". Among the murdered was also a priest and member of Slovak parliament, Anton Šalát . [4] Sklené ...
Officials estimate that up to a thousand machine gun nests were used by Nazi German forces in Slovakia during World War II. After the war ended, some structures were destroyed, others left in ...