Two dark horses will kick off the Men’s Olympic Hockey Tournament in Milan on Wednesday morning (10 a.m. ET). Slovakia, which is 65/1 to win the Gold Medal, is a +325 underdog against Finland, which is the fourth-favorite to win the tournament at 11/1.

While on a vastly different scale, Slafkovský is like the Sidney Crosby of Slovakia, and this could be his breakout moment.

With increasingly restrictive legislation on the one hand and rising public acceptance of same-sex couples on the other, the situation for the LGBTQ+ community in Slovakia is both complex and contradictory.

The Men’s Ice Hockey tournament in the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics begins today with a bout between Team Slovakia and Team Finland. Finland has the more talented team jumping the boards and a superior goaltender patrolling the blue paint,

Slovakia plans to file a complaint with the EU's top court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), contesting the bloc's ban on imports of natural gas from Russia, Prime Minister Robert Fico announced in Bratislava on Tuesday.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks during a press conference in the Pesti Vigado building in Budapest, Hungary (July 19, 2017). Credit: Balazs Mohai/MTI via AP Until recently, Slovakia was the Central European nation with the least interest in China.

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