List of author's articles
Last Week: In Slovakia, disinformation channels are tools of media capture
Robert Fico and his government are living in a symbiosis with them.
Last Week: Slovakia’s central bank governor still faces bribery case verdict
A judge decides that the amended Criminal Code does not give Peter Kažimír a pass.
Last Week: Fico erupts as ‘Purgatory’ case heads to court
His splenetic anger on this issue reveals where Smer’s priorities lie.
Last Week: And then they came for the NGOs
Fico’s government is set to implement another lesson from Putin’s playbook.
Last Week: As disease spreads, Fico no longer insists on a “different opinion”
The benefits of EU membership suddenly become apparent.
Last Week: Fico regains his strength. Or does he?
A closer look reveals the dark side of Fico’s deal with the rebels.
Last Week: Fico continues his peekaboo foreign-policy dance in Brussels
Outgoing ambassador warns: our European partners think we’re ‘total lunatics’.
Last Week: Why Trump’s treatment of Zelensky is bad news for Slovakia
Fico is apparently looking forward to a world in which strongmen dictate terms to smaller countries.
Last Week: ‘I told you so’, Fico proclaims after Trump-Putin chat
Amid a coalition crisis, Andrej Danko resorts to epistolary politics.
Last Week: Much ado about one far-right extremist
The ruling Smer party has disturbing links to the indicted neo-Nazi.
Last Week: Fico compares himself to Georgia’s pro-Russian government
Slovakia’s claims of a foreign-backed ‘coup’ plot prompted a response from Ukraine’s military intelligence agency.
Last Week: How Fico tried to scare people out of protesting – and failed
Meanwhile, his ruling coalition is continuing to disintegrate.
Last Week: Fico says leaving the EU should be an option
Slovakia is mentally split between two worlds.
Last Week: Slovakia has suffered a major attack on its critical infrastructure
Fico is trying to turn attention to gas supplies just as the state is struggling to cope with a devastating cyberattack on the land registry.
Last Week: Fico goes on a diplomatic adventure
It may end in disaster for Slovakia.
Preserve and persevere. Slovak journalists reflect on 2024
Fico’s trip to Moscow suggests we should expect more, and worse.
Last Week: The governing coalition ends the year looking decidedly wobbly
Andrej Danko is spouting conspiracy theories about a coalition partner.
Last Week: How the Russians played the Slovak foreign minister
Numerous Slovak politicians are planning to visit Moscow next year, while offering threadbare justifications – or none at all.
Last Week: We cannot go on like this for long, Fico admits
Early elections are mentioned following disarray in parliament.
Last Week: Two minor Slovak chickenhawks flew to Moscow to hand the Kremlin a PR gift
They thanked Putin while wearing Slovak army uniforms.
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- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- UK appoints Bilal Zahid as new ambassador to Slovakia
- News digest: 'Dear Kaja' Fico responds dismissively to EU over his Moscow visit
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- Escape from the Slovak depression: Is housing in Austria worthwhile?
- Slovakia misses out on key VW electric car investment
- Pay to play?
- Poprad, 'capital' of the High Tatras, named in top European destinations ranking
- Slovakia misses out on key VW electric car investment
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- News digest: 'Dear Kaja' Fico responds dismissively to EU over his Moscow visit
- UK appoints Bilal Zahid as new ambassador to Slovakia
- Escape from the Slovak depression: Is housing in Austria worthwhile?
- Wayside shrines of Slovakia
- Pay to play?
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- News digest: PM Fico seeks alternative route to Moscow after Baltic states deny airspace access
- Wayside shrines of Slovakia
- ‘Appeasement emboldens dictators’: Ukraine’s ambassador on Russia, memory and war
- News digest: 'Dear Kaja' Fico responds dismissively to EU over his Moscow visit
- Poprad, 'capital' of the High Tatras, named in top European destinations ranking
- Weekend: Locomotives, concerts, Quidditch and more fun Photo
- News digest: PM Fico seeks alternative route to Moscow after Baltic states deny airspace access
- Pay to play?
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- Slovakia misses out on key VW electric car investment
- He thought his family died in the Holocaust. Then a phone call changed everything.
- Fico to meet Putin in Moscow, defying EU’s united front on Ukraine
- Slovak property prices rise at fastest pace since 2022 as cities lead recovery
- Coming home to a place you’ve never been
- Charges dropped against Fico adviser tied to organised crime case
- Slovakia find rhythm against Slovenia to claim first World Championship win Video
- UK appoints Bilal Zahid as new ambassador to Slovakia
- News digest: 'Dear Kaja' Fico responds dismissively to EU over his Moscow visit
- Underground vampires are taking over Slovakia one rave at a time
- Former Cardinal Prevost was set to visit Košice and Levoča. Will he come as Pope?
- Poprad, 'capital' of the High Tatras, named in top European destinations ranking
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