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Michaela Terenzani

michaela.terenzani@spectator.sk

special contributor

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.

Author also writes for: michaela.terenzani@spectator.sk, Twitter

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List of author's articles, page 10

Smer leader Robert Fico and his deputy chairmen with the inflatable white dove they brought to the protest against the government and defence deal with the US.

Moscow or bust: Fico backs Russia, sees popularity rise

The Smer leader once called Slovakia a ‘pro-European island’. No longer.

Michaela Terenzani

Real threat vs bogeymen. Slovaks are confused about whom to fear

Ruling politicians never had a better opportunity to live up to their foreign policy pledges.

Michaela Terenzani

Slovaks often find it hard to believe someone wants to live in their country

Homecoming may also not be easy because of how returning Slovaks are received at home.

Michaela Terenzani

Slovakia throws itself into the Omicron wave

A mixture of wishful thinking and ‘I’m-done-with-this’ attitudes could prove damaging.

Michaela Terenzani

Across-the-board school closures are no longer expected.

Slovakia is still vulnerable despite the changed virus and measures

As the country braces for Omicron, experts warn of testing shortages.

Michaela Terenzani

General prosecutor damns defence deal, challenges Heger government’s foreign policy

This week Žilinka will celebrate with a Russian prosecutor named on an EU sanctions list.

Michaela Terenzani

Restaurants can open again as of January 3

As Omicron wave approaches, Slovakia shrugs in resignation

Government seems to have given up or misunderstood - again.

Michaela Terenzani

President Zuzana Čaputová delivering her 2022 New Year's address.

President Čaputová makes two wishes for Slovakia in 2022

The Slovak president did not mention hospitals or vaccination in her New Year's address. She called on people not to get provoked by hatred.

Michaela Terenzani

Last digest of the year: Looking back at 2021

Prepare for the festivities and take a look at stories that deserve to be reread.

Michaela Terenzani

News digest: Vaccine, test or proof of recovery required for work for one more month

Hotels and restaurants will remain open after January 10. Prepare for the first weekend of 2022. Read more in today's digest.

Michaela Terenzani

One year of the vaccine: Why Slovakia failed to get jabbed

Going through the pandemic in a world where everything is politics.

Michaela Terenzani

Finance Minister Igor Matovic (left) during the parliamentary session on his first state budget. Boris Kollar (bottom right) and his Sme Rodina did not support the reforms in parliament.

Parliament hinted at what the passing of Heger’s reforms will look like

Matovič’s first state budget also clears parliament, but the finance minister keeps part of the money on hold.

Michaela Terenzani

Slovak children's education falls victim to the unvaccinated

Even as the Slovak central government was directing schools to stay open until December 13, local authorities were busy closing them anyway. But at what cost to children’s health and wellbeing?

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