Martin Vančo
Martin Vančo
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Reporter of the Sme daily's news desk.

List of author's articles

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Flats in Bratislava are getting smaller, otherwise no one would buy them

People prefer three smaller rooms to two bigger ones.

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico during a press briefing at an informal EU summit in Budapest, Hungary, on November 8, 2024.

Slovak prime minister proposes electoral system tighter than Russia’s

If Robert Fico succeeds with his idea, political parties would face greater risks by running independently.

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George Soros as pictured in 2010.

Slovaks believe in conspiracies about George Soros more than Hungarians

Smer and SNS voters biggest believers in the Soros story.

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A canvas promoting the European elections is seen on the European Parliament building on April 11, 2024 in Strasbourg, eastern France.

Poll: Slovaks know little about EU institutions, but their trust is immense

European Commission president trusted by a third of Slovaks.

PM Robert Fico's adviser Dalibor Jurášek.
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Transport Minister Jozef Ráž Jr.
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Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer).
Peter Pellegrini
The Slovak parliament.

Bratislava politicians take over parties' slates. Many districts can be left unrepresented in parliament

More constituencies instead of one in the national election could change things for the better, an expert says.

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Slovakia did not learn from last year's drought

In a few decades, drought will threaten Fatra, the Tatras and the south of central Slovakia.

Smer leader Robert Fico.

Poll shows Fico’s Smer is losing support, but remains top

Progressive Slovakia, a liberal party, is growing stronger.

In June, the Slovak parliament will probably vote on changing the definition of rape in the Criminal Code. According to the current definition, the presence of violence or at least the threat of violence is necessary.

Success of solving sexual crimes depends on officer you get

Analysis of successful criminal investigations.

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Rental flats in this building on Obchodná Street in Bratislava have been a matter of dispute for 30 years.

Thousands of flats in rental grey zone

The flats are rented for a few dozen euros.

Roman Catholics lose their faith when they grow up.

The ongoing secularisation of Slovakia

As a result of migration, the number of Greek Catholics, Orthodox, as well as members of other smaller churches, has increased in Bratislava.

Grigorij Mesežnikov

Pandemic was a factor, but the main problem was Matovič

A long-time political analyst comments on the fall of the Heger government.

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Social aid for Ukrainians drops to one third

People with disabilities were forgotten.

The Trnava city centre.
Milan Krajniak.

'Liberal' policy document comes under fire

General Prosecutor and Labour Minister attack wording of concept paper for civil society.

Protest against NATO and the US in front of the Slovak Parliamentary building on February 2, 2022.
The village of Topoľa, one of many in Poloniny.
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