In Bratislava, Robert Fico, the prime minister, was listening. The Left-wing nationalist promptly ordered a cull of a quarter ...

A 59-year-old man whose body was found in central Slovakia on Sunday appeared to have been mauled, authorities said.

E nvironmentalists have criticised Slovakia's plans to cull around a quarter of the country's brown bears following the ...

"It's absurd," said Michal Wiezek, an ecologist and MEP for opposition party Progressive Slovakia. "The Environment Ministry failed desperately to limit the number of bear attacks by the unprecedented ...

For Fico, Slovaks "cannot live in a country where people are afraid to go into the forest and where humans become food for ...

Slovakia faces EU backlash after approving the shooting of 350 brown bears, sparking legal concerns and condemnation from conservationists.

The Slovak government approved a quota to shoot 350 brown bears this year in response to rising attacks. The country's bear ...

A 59-year-old man whose body was found in central Slovakia on Sunday appeared to have been mauled, authorities said. Environment minister Tomáš Taraba said bear attacks on humans have been on ...

In other parts of the world, programs are being implemented to prevent problematic bears from becoming accustomed to the presence of humans ...