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This festive Viking cruise takes in five of Europe’s most atmospheric Christmas markets in one eight-day itinerary.

Four countries, five Christmas markets, one magical week in Europe

Eight days, five festive markets – and home well before December 25 to place gifts under the tree? Yes, it can be done.

  • Chrissie McClatchie

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Jude Bellingham’s acrobatic equaliser.

‘People talk a lot of rubbish’: Bellingham hits back at critics as last-gasp stunner saves England

Gareth Southgate’s side was on the verge of being knocked out by Slovakia at Euro 2024 until the Real Madrid star’s overhead kick took the game to extra time.

  • Matt Law
Police arrest a man after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and injured.

‘Lone wolf’ charged over attempted assassination of Slovak PM Robert Fico

The attempted assassination shocked the small central European nation, with leaders blaming the attack in part on extreme political polarisation that has divided the country.

  • Rob Harris
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and injured after the away-from-home government meeting in Handlova.

Slovak PM in ‘serious but stable’ condition after assassination attempt

The central European country has been rocked after Robert Fico was shot five times in the stomach, arm and leg. A suspect has been detained.

  • Rob Harris
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was re-elected in 2023 after resigning from office in 2018.

Slovak PM shot five times in assassination attempt has controversial past

A populist who has courted both sides of politics, he has been compared to Donald Trump and staged a shock political comeback after stepping down in 2018.

  • Rob Harris
Chairman of SMER-Social Democracy party Robert Fico.

Pro-Russia, Trumpist ex-PM wins Slovakia poll in fresh worry for Ukraine alliance

Robert Fico’s victory could bring another anti-Ukraine voice into the EU alongside Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban.

  • Rob Harris
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Bratislava Castle is a 1950s reconstruction, mimicking an earlier renaissance design.

Nine must-do highlights of Bratislavia, Slovakia

Slovakia is a country blessed with national parks, surreal karst caves, the ski-friendly High Tatra mountains and UNESCO-rated relics like Spis Castle.

  • Steve McKenna
Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

Google to ‘pre-bunk’ disinformation about Ukrainian refugees in eastern Europe

Google’s plans come as Meta’s Facebook removed a covert online persuasion campaign to cast the US and its allies in a positive light in the Middle East and Central Asia.

  • Supantha Mukherjee
Rory Sabbatini of Slovakia plays his shot from the ninth tee during the final round of the men’s individual play at Tokyo’s Kasumigaseki Country Club on Saturday.

‘Nonsense’: Sabbatini’s wife tees off at backlash over his ‘three-L’ tattoo

Net citizens picked up on silver medallist Rory Sabbatini’s body art. His wife says it is not a white supremacist symbol.

  • Malcolm Knox
Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine arrives at Kosice Airport, Slovakia.

Surprise shipment of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine sparks political crisis in Slovakia

Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok said he clearly considered the vaccine a tool in Russia’s hybrid war against the West. 

  • Karel Janicek

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