KATHMANDU, April 30: Police have arrested two persons on the charge of swindling foreign job aspirants out of eight million rupees, promising them employment in Slovakia and the United States of America.

PEZINOK, Slovakia, DEC 19: Four people go on trial in Slovakia on Thursday over last year’s alleged contract killing of an investigative journalist and his fiancee, a crime that shocked the country and prompted the fall of the government a few weeks later.

BRATISLAVA, March 31: Riding a wave of public fury over corruption, liberal lawyer Zuzana Caputova won Slovakia’s presidential election on Saturday, bucking a trend that has seen populist, anti-European Union politicians make gains across the continent.

Feb 27: A Slovak investigative journalist and his partner have been murdered in a suspected assassination linked to the journalist's work.

LONDON, Aug 18: A Nepali working in Slovakia died after being hit by a train.

LILLE, June 26: Germany coach Joachim Loew is confident his side will be "better than England" when it plays Slovakia on Sunday in the last 16 at the European Championship.

SAINT-ETIENNE, France, june 21: A gamble by coach Roy Hodgson failed to pay off on Monday as his reshuffled England side drew 0-0 with Slovakia and failed to top its group at the European Championship.

BORDEAUX, FRANCE, June 12: Two weeks on from winning the Champions League for the second time in three seasons with Real Madrid, Gareth Bale played a pivotal role as Wales made a triumphant return to a major competition following a 58-year absence.  It was Bale who put Wales ahead in the 10th minute with a curling free kick and who was the driving force behind much of his team's attacking intent in its 2-1 victory on Saturday against Slovakia in a Group B match at the European Championship. His coach Chris Coleman was fulsome in his praise of the 26-year-old.