Matúš Krčmárik
Matúš Krčmárik

Head of the Sme daily international news desk.

List of author's articles, page 2

Tomáš Valášek

Former diplomat: UK will remember Slovakia kept silent in Skripal case

Civil society has proven its power in Slovakia but the country has also let the UK down, says Tomáš Valášek, head of the Carnegie Institute in Brussels.

Andrej Babiš celebrates his election victory.

The day Prague fell

It is pointless to talk about the wins and losses of Czech political parties - the one who lost is the Czech Republic.

US Ambassador Adam Sterling

US Ambassador: Russian disinformation is a problem throughout the region

Radicalization starts with the loss of confidence in democratic institutions. Propaganda undermines this confidence and thus contributes to radicalization, says the new US Ambassador to Slovakia, Adam Sterling.

Peter Schulze

Analyst: EU should create core without Slovakia

The European Union does not have a leader with a vision, so not much is expected from the Bratislava summit, says Peter Schulze from the Georg-August-University Goettingen in Germany.

"In the Russian discussion lot of people see each, even small, crisis in the EU as a sign of the coming breakup, but usually it is not on political agenda in Russia."

European fears of Russian trolls are overblown

It is a myth that Russia needs the EU to be divided, says Artem Malgin, vice rector of the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), a school that trains most Russian diplomats and security officials.

Meeting of V4 and Ukraine prime ministers in Krynica.

Orbán: Hungary is a fortress protecting European culture

"We feel the threat to our identity, culture and religion,” said also Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico at the economic forum in Krynica, Poland.

Krynica: Will Europe stay united? central Europe is part of the answer

The motto of this year’s edition of the Economic Forum in Krynica, Poland is: United or Divided? Europe in the Face of the Challenges of Tomorrow.

Róbert Vass has ambitious plans with the Globsec brand.

Vass: The atmosphere now is like in the 1930s but worse

Can Bratislava become the Davos of security policy? Perhaps, but only as part of a larger vision that includes new congress capacities, says Róbert Vass, founder of Globsec security conference that recently took place in Bratislava for the 11th time.

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Anne Applebaum

Europeans don’t talk about war, but it could break out

There are more and more powerful voices against the EU, NATO or the West in Europe now than we’ve had in the last 25 years, says Anne Applebaum who is visiting Bratislava at the end of this week to attend the Globsec conference.

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