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- Csáky testified in Basternák murder case: former Hurbanovo mayor feared for his life
- Anti-crime unit conducts operation near Poprad: several detained over alleged murder plot
- Former police director from Spišská Stará Ves in court: he took no action before gymnasium attacks
- Murder in Helcmanovce: Alexander stabbed partner 21 times, sentenced to 20 years
- Mother from Ružinov sentenced to 19 years for murder of two children and flat arson
- Fake police emails: scammers threaten Slovaks over unpaid fines
- Businesswoman Kabrheľová charged with fraud worth €664,000: case ongoing since 2014
- Slovakian parents accused of selling daughter for sex and distributing child exploitation material
- Refund "scam spreads across Slovakia: victims robbed twice
- Mass brawl in Záhorská Ves: seventeen-year-old hospitalised
- Police heighten patrols at schools following attacks in Staško and Poland
- Criminal complaint filed against attacker days before Stáşkov massacre: collage with teachers
- Leader of neo-Nazi group from Bratislava accused of selling mephedrone and ketone
- Mother of attacker detained, threatened school headteacher with death
- Woman repeatedly stabbed partner with knife in Košice district, charged with attempted murder
- Samuel S. sentenced to 25 years for murder at secondary school in Spišská Stará Ves
- 13-year-old injures multiple people in Slovak school – one dead
- Student kills 61-year-old teacher at school in Slovakia
- Knife attack at school in Staskov: teacher dies, child seriously injured
- Murder of pregnant Karin from Partizánske: expert to testify at court about accused's mental state
- Supreme Court to hear case of Afghan man convicted of plotting daughter's murder
- Two 15-year-old Bratislava students planned to murder classmate – arrested
- Two 15-year-old Bratislava secondary school pupils remanded in custody over planned murder of fellow pupil
- Bezák: Investigators Concealed Records in Judáš and Očistec Cases from Lipšic
- Mysterious deaths in Ružomberok, GIEZI raids and Taraba crisis: weekly roundup
- Former police officers from Zlaté Moravce tried for torture of detainee at station
- Etela (62) from Hodejov given 25 years for murder with axe – it was not her first victim
- Murder in Bátorkeszi: 58-year-old man stabbed to death by intoxicated son
- Štefan Mlynarovič, life-sentenced murderer of women, died 23 December 2025 in Trenčín
- Man detained in raid on Mierová Street in Bratislava remains free
- Slovak government bans pink synthetic drug dispensers
- Kuciak case: court to hear telephone conversation with Kočner from 2017 in September
- Kuciak case: recordings of telephone call with Kočner to be played in September at Special Criminal Court
- Three Foreign Nationals Detained in Slovakia Over Planned Attack on Drone Factory
- Trial in Kuciak murder case continues with witness testimony reading; court changes conditions for Dušan K.
- Fraud targeting pensioners: fake videos claim Social Insurance Company is recalculating pensions
- Foiled napalm attack on drone factory near Prešov: three foreigners charged
- Opposition files criminal complaint over Russian cameras at Interior Ministry, and over fraud against minister
- Fraud in Bratislava: unknown perpetrators robbed woman of bank card and €2,250
- Third trial for Kuciak's murder in Pezinok: Kočner and other defendants fail to appear in court
- Man from Rožňava attacked partner again despite entry ban, remanded in custody
- Massive fraud in used car market: falsified CoC documents, losses in tens of thousands of euros
- Fraudsters impersonate police officers in Rimavská Sobota
- Fico calls MOM-iek case procedure a scandal, Žilinka rejects dictate
- Robbery of nine-year-old girl in Sečovce: man detained within an hour, faces 12 years
- Trial of Jan Kuciak murder continues in Pezinok: Reading of documents, defendants absent
- Kuciak murder case: Specialised Criminal Court in Pezinka hears witness testimony
- Court in Kuciak murder case: witness statement reading continues, telephone call to be played in September
- Arson attack on Slovak drone factory thwarted – three arrests
- Supreme Court rejects retrial in case of Ľudmila Cervanová murder
- Police warn of fraud: false social workers defraud pensioners over the phone
- Supreme Court rejected retrial in Ľudmila Cervanová murder case
- Police warn of telephone scams targeting senior citizens in Slovakia
- Three Polish men hiding in Bratislava detained over man's murder in Krakow
- Three Poles suspected of murder in Kraków arrested in Bratislava's Petržalka district
- Three Polish nationals suspected of murder in Krakow detained in Bratislava's Petržalka
- Murder of woman near Trenčín: 55-year-old man charged with particularly serious crime
- Murder in Trenčín district: 55-year-old man detained following death of woman († 54)
- Murder in Trenčín district: 54-year-old woman dies, 55-year-old man detained
- Fraudulent SMS messages in Košice region: police warn of phishing