Beata Balogová

Beata Balogová

Beata Balogová joined The Slovak Spectator in 2003 and became the first Slovak editor-in-chief of Slovakia’s English-language weekly. Ms. Balogová was in charge of the paper and its special publications between 2003 and 2006. She spent nine months at Columbia University’s School of Journalism from 2006 to 2007, and in June 2007 she again took over as the editor-in-chief of the paper. Prior to joining The Slovak Spectator, Ms. Balogová worked for Slovakia’s first private newswire, SITA, and the state newswire, TASR. Ms. Balogová graduated with a Master of Science degree in journalism from the School of Journalism of Columbia University in New York. She also has a Master of Arts degree cum laude from the Comenius University School of Journalism, majoring in journalism. In January 2015 she left the Spectator to lead editorial team of the SME daily paper. She continues to cooperate with the Spectator.

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List of author's articles

Robert Fico and Vladimir Putin in 2016.
The war also affects us.
Demonstrators at the January 25 protest in Bratislava. (Their banner reads 'Fico protects thieves'.)
European leaders are not idiots.
A mass public protest took place in Bratislava on Thursday, January 11, in opposition to the government's plans to abolish the office of the main anti-corruption prosecutor  and reduce penalties for financial crimes.
There is a lot the prime minister and Smer chair cannot do.
Sme daily editor-in-chief Beata Balogová
We've entered the new year with the dusted-off knowledge that we have our voice.
More than 10,000 people gathered to protest against government in Bratislava on Tuesday, December 12.
Thousands turn out to make it clear that Fico cannot do anything he wants.
Sme daily editor-in-chief Beata Balogová
The Slovak PM decided to limit selected media.
Sme daily editor-in-chief Beata Balogová
The Prime minister's actions threaten you too.
Sme daily editor-in-chief Beata Balogová
The new prime minister is now speaking only to his own voters.
Beata Balogová is Editor of the Sme daily.
Politicians preoccupied with revenge should not return to power.
Beata Balogová is Editor of the Sme daily.
Peter Pellegrini will return to Robert Fico, even if it will be an embrace of death for his party.
Beata Balogová is Editor of the Sme daily.
Spreading fear eventually brought Fico victory.
Beata Balogová is Editor of the Sme daily.
No nation deserves Fico.
President Zuzana Čaputová.
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Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová explains why she will not run in the 2024 presidential elections.
Beata Balogová is Editor of the Sme daily.
Why we need to keep reminding people of how and why Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová died.
It would hardly come as a surprise that the motive of the murder was hate.
Vladimir Putin
The Russian president is sending a signal to all the crooks of the world.
Martina Kušnárová and Ján Kuciak, the couple murdered in February 2018 in connection to Kuciak's journalistic work.
The corruption that Kuciak wrote about is the real high treason.
In samizdats, not even the editorial team knew where the publication was printed and who the middleman between the editorial and the printing house was.
Who, and why, is surveilling journalists in the country?
Smoke filled Manhattan days after the attack.
Hundreds of thousands of people live under the threat of terrorism every day.
President Zuzana Čaputová
The president explains her steps and considerations in the recent coalition crisis.
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