What Others Write About Slovakia – October 31, 2026

In brief

• Ukraine plans intergovernmental meetings with Hungary and Slovakia to discuss economic issues and minority rights.
• Slovakia has reopened the investigation into the transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets and the "Kub" missile system to Ukraine in 2023.
• Slovakia's Prosecutor General, Maroš Žilinka, has ruled that the earlier discontinuation of the case was premature and announced a new investigation.

Ukrainian press

According to the Ukrainian outlet European Pravda, Ukraine plans intergovernmental meetings with Hungary and Slovakia. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Georgij Tichy announced that a meeting with Hungary will take place next month, as well as consultations with Slovakia, aimed at discussing various topics, including economic issues and minority rights. Tichy stressed that these steps are a positive signal of normalizing relations between the countries (Україна готує міжурядові зустрічі з Угорщиною та Словаччиною – Європейська правда).

Ukrainian media report that Slovakia has reopened the investigation into the transfer of MiG-29 fighter jets and the "Kub" missile system to Ukraine in 2023. Slovakia's Prosecutor General, Maroš Žilinka, stressed that earlier decisions to discontinue the case were premature and that the investigation had not established all the facts needed to make a decision. A new prosecutor from Terenčín is to ensure that the case is reopened and investigated in accordance with the law, following complaints about the actions of the previous government, which had approved this operation. (Словаччина відновить розслідування щодо МіГ-29 і ЗРК "Куб", які безоплатно передала Україні у 2023-му – Espreso)

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