Michaela Terenzani
Michaela Terenzani
michaela.terenzani@spectator.sk

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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.

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Pictures of PM Eduard Heger (right) and his predecessor Igor Matovič, both OĽaNO.

From Mr Bombastic to Mr Lethargic: How did we get into this mess again?

The inaction of the prime minister and his government is Slovakia’s latest Covid curse.

Lívia Vašáková

We knew the opposition to the reforms would be loud

Ministries do not have the apparatuses to communicate the changes, it’s been a long time since any reforms were implemented in Slovakia.

Robert Fico is a fierce opponent of Covid vaccinations who has also criticised mask mandates and downplayed the threat of coronavirus.

Bacon, lawyers, corruption charges and Covid lies

The breathtaking extent of Fico’s cynicism is revealed in leaked tapes.

Boris Kollar

Who needs an opposition when you have Boris Kollár?

The Recovery Plan has a problem - one of its own architects.

Matt Apuzzo

Some people want to make the real world equivalent to a Facebook feed

You can criticise journalists, but calling them enemies is going too far.

Peter Kažimír

The ‘Latvian scenario’ repeats in Slovakia

Central bank governor Kažimír shows no signs of resigning, despite corruption charges.

Covid department in Galanta hospital

The virus: are we there yet?

Most analysts have abandoned their most optimistic scenarios for the Delta variant in Slovakia.

Anca Dragu

Farewell, Anca

Anca Dragu, who made Slovakia her home, cared deeply about the country and did what she could to make it better.

President Zuzana Čaputová delivers her second annual address to parliament on September 28, 2021.

President warns of hate, Fico erupts

Attempts to court dialogue with opposition leaders are spurned.

News digest: Purgatory investigators are free, graduates are unhappy

New rules for masks at schools. White Night's last weekend in Bratislava. Oligarch charged with corruption still missing. The furniture set auction houses can only dream of may soon return to the iconic pharmacy.

President Zuzana Caputova delivers her state of the republic address in parliament on September 27, 2021.

President Čaputová: We need to protect this world and Slovakia's place in it

In her speech about the state of the republic, the president offered a grim summary of the pandemic so far. Slovakia is in desperate need of stability.

Most Slovak believe that “we” should also include foreigners, although they are quick to point out that efforts to integrate should be undertaken mainly by the foreigners themselves.

What Slovaks shouldn’t forget when they dream of the perfect foreigner

Bratislava’s mayor is right that integration is a two-way street, but even the capital still has some way to go to see foreigners as residents rather than just visitors.

Pope Francis and President Zuzana Čaputová at the airport.

Pope brings message of unity to a country in turmoil

It was nice while it lasted. Which wasn’t long.

Pope Francis visits Slovakia for the first time.

Coalition puts its quarrels on hold while the Pope visits

The ongoing papal visit is expected to dominate the news, but last week brought some changes on the Slovak political scene.

Vladimír Pčolinský leaves Leopoldov prison with his lawyer Ondrej Urban.

Surprise and consternation as accused former spy boss is sped out of prison

The shock move by the General Prosecutor’s Office raised many legitimate questions. It then blocked some journalists from asking them at a press conference.

Lottery for the vaccinated airs on the public-service RTVS.

Why Slovakia’s number rarely comes up

Matovič’s lottery shows – again – what happens when anti-system politicians are allowed to rule the country.

News digest: New infections highest since the end of the second wave

Lottery was not meant to increase vaccination uptake, according to Matovič. Teachers expect chaos at the start of the new school year. First medal for Slovakia at the Tokyo Paralympics.

Kids return to schools on September 2 in Slovakia.

School bags rather than keyboards, please. Kids are more than ready to go back

Education Ministry promises there’ll be no widespread school closures this year, but there are still many unknowns.

Restaurant terraces in Bratislava

Slovakia should not see another countrywide lockdown

New colours and measures, starting today, are supposed to guide the country through the expected next wave of the pandemic. What could possibly go wrong?

Peter Pellegrini (left) and Robert Fico (right) in 2020.

Charges fly around Slovakia’s former prime ministers

Summer suspense as police continue uncovering corruption schemes, while epidemiologists prepare for the Delta episode of the pandemic to unfold.

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