Opinion, page 24

An armed man stands by the remains of a Russian military vehicle in Bucha, close to the capital of Ukraine, Kyiv, on March 1, 2022.

Reality made the disinformation war temporarily irrelevant

Former Fulbright scholar and author Andrew Giarelli asks what will happen when Russia wipes its bloody nose and ramps up the brutality to Syrian or Chechen levels.

Andrew Giarelli
PM Eduard Heger at the border crossing from Ukraine on February 25, 2022.

Zelensky is not the only one growing into his role

Slovakia is rising to the challenge of being a good neighbour and a reliable partner, but there is a long road ahead.

Journalists take pictures from a TV monitor showing Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaking via a video link during a court session.
People in Kyiv standing in front of a block of flats destroyed in an air strike.

Reality bites in central Europe

Like it or not, Trump had a point about countries like Slovakia.

Presidential Palace lit up in solidarity with Ukraine.

Slovakia cannot afford to let slip the clarity of this moment

We are still capable of solidarity and humanity.

Vladimir Putin

Putin is threatening all of us. Right now

The Russian president is sending a signal to all the crooks of the world.

Vladimír Šucha

Money is poor glue, we need shared values to hold us together (interview)

Slovakia is not ready for the challenges of the 21st century, but nobody really is, says the new head of the European Commission’s office in Bratislava.

Parents of Ján Kuciak and Martina Kušnírová during the unveiling of the memorial at the SNP Square in Bratislava on the fourth anniversary of the murder.

The spectre of violence returns

The assassination of a journalist gave Slovakia an opportunity to take stock. It has been squandered.

Martina Kušnárová and Ján Kuciak, the couple murdered in February 2018 in connection to Kuciak's journalistic work.

Four years after Kuciak's murder, hostility towards journalists is back

The corruption that Kuciak wrote about is the real high treason.

Robert Fico addressed the crowd protesting against DCA, standing against a backdrop of far-right ĽSNS flag.

Defence deal opponents adopt intimidation tactics

Those denouncing the defence cooperation agreement brought their wild antics inside parliament.

Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken signed the US-Slovak Defence Cooparetion Agreement in Washington on February 3.

Americans might start to wonder why they bother

Which signatory to the U.S.-Slovak Defense Cooperation Agreement is more likely to need help defending itself?

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.

Smer-organised protest in Bratislava.

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.

Bratislava airport

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.

Blog: Stop helping students, let them fail

For students to truly flourish, they must learn how to overcome hurdles put in their path.

Ukrainian soldiers walking near Donetsk.

If the aggression against Ukraine is tolerated, we could be next

Of course Slovakia should be "helping Ukrainian insurgents", if it comes to that.

Slovakia throws itself into the Omicron wave

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

Ukrainian forces during military exercise.

There goes the neighbourhood

The parallels between Russia’s approach to Ukraine and Hitler’s to Czechoslovakia in 1938 are uncanny.

Illustrative stock photo

Virtue of compromise in the EU’s digital policy-making: the case of targeted ads

The idea floated during the negotiations on the Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act, is an exemplary case study on how legislative proposals evolve during the negotiations just to reach a workable compromise – hopefully.

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.

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