Events in the year 2018 in Slovakia.
Incumbents President – Andrej Kiska (Independent) Prime Minister – Robert Fico (Smer-SD) (until 22 March), Peter Pellegrini (Direction–SSD) (starting 22 March) Speaker of the National Council – Andrej Danko
Events 21 February – Murder of Ján Kuciak 10 November – 2018 Slovak local elections 20 November – Minister of Foreign Affairs Miroslav Lajčák announced that he would contemplate his resignation if the parliament rejected the Global Compact for Migration. 25 November – Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini says Slovakia will not support the Global Compact for Migration. Slovakia joins with Hungary in its opposition to the Global Compact for Migration. 29 November – The Slovak parliament votes 90-15 against the Global Compact for Migration. after the parliament had voted to refuse the compact, Miroslav Lajčák the Foreign Affairs Minister decided to resign, but later withdrew his resignation. Sports 9 to 25 February – Slovakia participated at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, with 56 competitors in 7 sports
Deaths
5 January – Marián Labuda, 73, actor.. 10 March - Pavol Minárik, 60, politician. 18 March – Michal Horský, 74, political scientist and politician. 6 April – Pavol Paška, 60, politician. 23 April – Vladimír Weiss, 78, footballer.
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