Last Week in Slovakia, page 2
Last Week in Slovakia is a commentary and overview of news in Slovakia that we send directly in your inbox. Written by Michaela Terenzani, it is published every Monday.
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Last Week: A Czech journalist, a Slovak prosecutor and a sect from Ukraine
A peculiar criminal case shows what happens when a country fails to counter hybrid threats.
Last Week: Fico government sheds its first minister, and consolidation is passed
Zuzana Dolinková lasted less than a year as health minister.
Last Week: “Stickergate” rocks the Slovak parliament
The coalition is bent on inciting quarrels instead of debating why everyone’s taxes are about to rise.
Last Week: Fico does two things he has never done before
Breaking new taboos, PM sidelines the opposition in parliament and hikes VAT.
Last Week: Attempt to oust Šimečka exposes coalition’s hypocrisy
Dozens of coalition MPs were left spluttering when PS pointed out that their own relatives also benefit from the state’s largesse.
Last Week: The leaked audit, the SIS chief’s signature and Pegasus suspicions
Evidence, if any were needed, that having the son of a Smer MP as chief spy is not a good idea.
Last Week: Slovakia is living proof of how damaging a lack of historical memory can be
When people don’t know where they came from, their future is easier to manipulate.
Last Week: Inside the world of Robert Fico
The propagandists in the Kremlin would applaud.
Last Week: Who is Slovakia’s culture minister, and why do so many people want her to go?
Martina Šimkovičová went from the nightly news to the outer reaches of the conspiracy media sphere.
Last Week: MPs interrupt their summer break to amend the Penal Code. Again
And still it might not be enough, with EC warning that Slovakia isn’t protecting European money.
Last Week: Fico shows what a public comeback after a shooting can look like
He is showing no desire to calm the public mood.
Last Week: Smer spoils Pellegrini’s friendly visit to Prague
Coalition MPs have shown how they will counteract Pellegrini the statesman.
Last Week: Slovakia sends a strong team to Euro 2024 - in the VIP section
Ministers fly en masse across Europe to watch Euro 2024. Taxpayers pick up the bill.
Last Week in Slovakia: The new president has outlined his plans. Here’s what to expect
Goodbye Zuzana Čaputová, hello Peter Pellegrini.
Last Week: What the European elections say about Slovakia
Slovakia delivers a rare victory of a liberal party in the EP polls.
Last Week: Post-attack, authorities treat citizens like unwitting bystanders
In the silence about Fico’s condition, even usually sensible people turn to conspiracy theories.
Last Week: Attempts to suffocate broadcasters continue on more than one front
A creeping Orbánification of Slovak broadcasting is under way, says popular TV debate host.
After the attack: everyone in Slovakia is now deciding where we go next
What we know and where we go from here.
Last Week: Bomb threats rock schools across Slovakia
Similar incidents elsewhere in the region have been seen as elements of a hybrid war.
Last Week: Slovakia, the home of confused Europeans
One in three Slovaks say they would prefer to live in a totalitarian state.
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- Newcomers help, low births don't. Population decline in Slovakia hasn't stopped
- A paper that wasn’t supposed to last
- Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits major Slovak cattle farm near Austrian and Czech borders Photo
- From Mexico to Slovakia – finding a new life Audio
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- News digest: Police brutality detailed, but MPs refuse to listen
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- France and Slovakia: Believing, loving, and working together
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- Trading McDonald’s for the front lines
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- A paper that wasn’t supposed to last
- News digest: Bear suspected of killing man in central Slovakia
- Bratislava satellite town breaks records and keeps expanding
- Slovak dad drops everything for son’s NHL debut — even a flight
- Foot-and-mouth outbreak hits major Slovak cattle farm near Austrian and Czech borders Photo
- The Slovak-American who wants the world to witness the quality of Slovak wines
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- Then … Now
- Dialects: can west understand east?
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- Trading McDonald’s for the front lines
- Slovakia’s rising stars are changing what it means to lead
- A diplomat who thrives on building bridges…and making things happen
- Bratislava to get new flats as iconic building awaits reconstruction
- News digest: 350 brown bears to be culled as Slovakia declares emergency
- Unique underground museum in Košice reopens, major renovation set for next year Photo
- Culture minister, Betliar Museum employees blame each other for problems
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