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.

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

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Peter Pellegrini and Robert Fico shake hands in parliament.

Pellegrini loses steam as polls point to Fico comeback

It seems the much-feared return of Smer is under way.

Mig-29

The quarrel over MiGs tests Slovakia’s ability to do the right thing

It’s not like Slovaks will get nothing from the transfer.

President Zuzana Čaputová and Czech President Petr Pavel in Bratislava on March 13, 2023.
"Peace protest" organised by pro-Russian agitators in Bratislava on March 3.
Mikuláš Dzurinda

Dzurinda’s blues do not mean he’s done with politics

As the emergent coalition sheds people associated with the former prime minister, the current premier’s political future becomes clearer.

Five years without Jan and Martina gathering in Bratislava.

Change is possible, Slovakia’s story shows

But how many chances does one country get?

Mig-29 fighter jet.

What the debate over MiGs for Ukraine says about the upcoming election

The continuous fear-mongering is a harbinger of the campaign to come.

Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán (L) and the then Slovak PM Robert Fico (R) meet in Bratislava on October 13, 2017.

Why we need to talk about Robert Fico

Smer’s leader went on Hungarian TV to show who his role model is.

Speaker of Parliament Boris Kollar and his deputy Peter Pcolinsky of Sme Rodina share a laugh after the parliament approved the end of its term on September 30.

Elections are coming, but only after a long parliamentary free-for-all

2023 will be a campaigning year in Slovakia. What does that mean?

Mikuláš Dzurinda
A man votes in the 2023 referendum in the eastern-Slovak town of Trebišov.

What Saturday’s referendum result says about Slovakia

Ruling politicians are choosing to ignore the warning signs.

Heger’s magic number

Thinking big, Slovak style.

Eduard Heger

Slovakia enters what could/should/will be an election year

It’s almost one month since Heger lost parliament’s confidence. Now he’s running on self-confidence.

On New Year’s Eve, Czech and Slovak hikers meet at the Veľká Javorina peak on the border of the two states, to celebrate the Czecho-Slovak friendship. This photo shows a gathering in 2017.

Slovakia has made it, often against the odds

Having lived through 2022, the present look back may be the dose of hope that we all need.

News digest: In Bratislava, New Year's festivities count as Slovakia's birthday party

Slovakia turns 30. The most followed Slovak politician on Facebook. Cases of respiratory illnesses down.

Opposition SaS voted for the state budget under the condition that Igor Matovič quits as finance minister.

Slovakia's 2023 state budget passes in last-minute vote

New taxes also greenlighted, though restaurants will pay less.

President Zuzana Čaputová received Eduard Heger's resignation as prime minister on December 16.

Heger doesn’t have what it takes – even to leave

As prime minister, “culture of respect” has been his catchphrase. There was little dignity in the manner of his government’s fall.

PM Eduard Heger (left) and SaS leader Richard Sulík.

Heger hangs by a thread

He is scrambling for the votes of some pretty fringe MPs.

Robert Fico no longer faces charges.

Last week was big week for 363

If there is a numerical answer to everything, white-collar criminals hope it is that.

News digest: Doctors will stay, with better pay

Dutch royal visit planned for early spring. President to address parliament. Bratislava's Christmas markets come roaring back.

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