BRATISLAVA — Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright once described Slovakia as the “black hole of Europe.” It was 1997: The son of then president Michal Kováč had been abducted and a key ...

A return to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is unrealistic. NATO membership for Ukraine is also off the table. Any future security guarantees must involve both European and non-European forces, but they ...

In the 1990s Slovakia had central Europe's worst-performing economy and least democratic government. Madeleine Albright, then the U.S. secretary of state, referred to it as "a black hole in the ...

More than a quarter century has passed since the United States called Slovakia a “black hole in the center of Europe” — an island of autocratic malaise surrounded by spry new democracies.

Slovakia, Europe’s next troublemaker? Having more than half of citizens reportedly rooting for Russia in Slovakia is scary, but what lies ahead for Slovakia may be even scarier.

There's a lot of finger-pointing in Slovakia following the assassination attempt this week on its prime minister. It's another example of political violence that's been taking place in Europe of late.