Michaela Terenzani

Michaela Terenzani

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Michaela Terenzani has been with The Slovak Spectator since 2007. She served as editor-in-chief in 2015 - 2023. She then moved on to serve as the leading editor of the foreign news desk of the Sme daily. She studied journalism in Trnava and in Aarhus, Denmark. In 2009, she received a joint MA degree in Euroculture from the University of Groningen and the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. She comments on events happening in Slovakia in her weekly newsletter, Last Week in Slovakia.

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List of author's articles

This presidential election is about checks and balances.
Sme journalist Zuzana Kovačič Hanzelová.
Prominent journalist steps back, citing online and real-life attacks.
Robert Fico
The prime minister denies that Slovakia has territorial claims on Ukraine, but still talks of ‘neo-Nazis’.
Zuzana Čaputová decided to sign the law she does not approve of.
Smer names its nominee for secret service director, and it’s a name observers feared.
Tibor Gaspar (center) celebrates the passing of the law with fellow Smer MPs.
The widely opposed rule-of-law changes pass, and a rearguard defence begins.
Robert Fico, Denisa Sakova, Robert Kalinak and Peter Pellegrini in parliament.
Shortening the statute of limitations for white-collar crimes will have immediate, irreparable effects.
Peter Pellegrini and Robert Fico sign the coalition treaty.
Ukraine’s prime minister coined the term after meeting Robert Fico.
Robert Fico visiting Viktor Orbán in Budapest.
Slovak PM feels “doomed to cooperation” with his Hungarian counterpart.
People take part in the opposition-organised protest outside the Government Office in Bratislava on December 7, 2023, holding up different slogans: "You can't do everything!", "Let's stop them!" and "They won't win!".
And if not, what is the point?
Hlas chair Peter Pellegrini as pictured before one of the first post-election TV debate on October 1, 2023.
Pellegrini has two big decisions to announce, but he is taking his time.
Robert Fico arrives to Smer headquarters on election night.
Those who covered the murder of Ján Kuciak wonder why it already means so little to voters.
Opposition PS, KDH and SaS organised a protest in response to the plan to abolish the Special Prosecutor's Office on Thursday.
Smer ignores the European Commission’s request to put the legislation on hold.
Ben Rhodes
Interview with Ben Rhodes during his visit to Bratislava.
Robert Fico in Brussels.
Little has changed in Slovakia’s support for Ukraine, but major changes planned at home should ring alarm bells.
Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok in parliament.
The interior minister had barely started, and already he’s facing a no confidence vote.
Robert Fico at the Government Office.
Officials in the new government want to limit critical media.
PM Robert Fico
And Slovakia will get a say on Ukraine’s EU accession moves in December.
Sophia in 't Veld
Sophia in 't Veld has been following the rule of law in Slovakia for five years and the latest steps of the government have her worried.
Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok
Replacements in key police posts have already started against the backdrop of a battle for the southern border.
PM Robert Fico met with EC President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels.
EU leaders get an early taste of Slovakia’s new foreign policy.
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