Peter Dlhopolec
Peter Dlhopolec
peter.dlhopolec@spectator.sk

editor-in-chief

Peter Dlhopolec is the editor-in-chief of The Slovak Spectator. He oversees The Spectator’s editorial coverage and newsroom.

Before being appointed to the top job in February 2023, he had worked as a staff writer, a social media manager, and a podcaster for The Slovak Spectator since 2017.

He covers different topics, ranging from travel to politics.

He was born in Zvolen and received two bachelor’s degrees from Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Trnava for European politics and mass media studies. During his studies, he spent some time in Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Ireland.

Discovering new music is his big passion. Some of his free time is spent doing sports and litter picking.

Author also writes for: peter.dlhopolec@spectator.sk, Facebook, Twitter

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List of author's articles

Volkswagen Slovakia production line in Bratislava on 24 March 2023.

News digest: Slovakia’s car industry faces a Trump shock

Europe moves to summer time this weekend, with clocks jumping forward by one hour. That means one thing: an hour less in bed.

Opposition MP Veronika Remišová

She flagged minister’s undeclared villa. He wants her fined €80,000

Defence Minister Kaliňák says it’s about the law. MP Veronika Remišová says it’s a mafia move.

A sign at the dairy farm in the village of Baka, Dunajská Streda district, on 21 March 2025.

News digest: Emergency, crying cows, secret burials and Brussels plots

MPs return to parliament, surprise guest at the Government Office, and controversy over Slovakia’s top film awards.

European Union leaders attend a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, March 20, 2025.

News digest: Fico brought his veto to Brussels—then found nothing to block

While a fire claims young lives, poverty tightens its grip in Slovakia.

MP and pandemic investigator Peter Kotlár

News digest: Fico’s pandemic investigator claims to be in talks with Obama

Fico’s holiday spot, a minister’s spending spree, and a porcupine on the loose.

Coronavirus pandemic investigator and lawmaker Peter Kotlár (SNS) at a press conference on "the results of an analysis of Covid-19 vaccine batches used in Slovakia", held on March 13, 2025 in Bratislava.
Spoločnosť ZVS holding v Snine otvorila v piatok 4. októbra 2024 novú linku na výrobu 155 milimetrovej delostreleckej munície. Na snímke výroba tiel pre veľko-kalibrovú muníciu v zrekonštruovanej hale na výrobu 155 milimetrovej delostreleckej munície v spoločnosti ZVS holding v Snine v piatok 4. októbra 2024. FOTO TASR - Roman Hanc

News digest: Fico talks peace, but Slovakia’s arms exports tell a different story

A rising Slovak football star in the Netherlands, an extra day off for students, and a rainy forecast.

Na snímke zľava poslanci NR SR Andrej Danko a Rudolf Huliak (obidvaja SNS) počas ustanovujúcej schôdze Národnej rady Slovenskej republiky (NR SR) IX. volebného obdobia 25. októbra 2023 v Bratislave. FOTO TASR - Jakub Kotian
Romana Tabaková

News digest: Former MP scolds actors – audience drowns her out. Unscripted “drama” goes viral.

Brash “journalist” takes aim at EU chief, a reminder to buckle up, and a stressful week ahead for some students.

Miroslav Radačovský

News digest: Fico’s coalition is in a mess. The opposition might (accidentally) help it out

A Frenchman’s quest in Slovakia, a hockey sensation from the east, and what to do in the days ahead.

Jérôme Texier moved to Slovakia for love and built a career at Orange Business.

From La Rochelle to Bratislava: A Frenchman’s mission

Jérôme Texier left France for love, but in Slovakia he found a professional mission and a home.

Prime Minister Robert Fico boards a plane at M. R. Štefánik Airport in Bratislava before departing for an emergency meeting of European Union member state leaders in Brussels on Thursday, March 6, 2025.

News digest: Fico’s gain at EU summit, firm no to Macron

One Smer politician in Brussels, another in Moscow, a third in Bratislava claiming that Russia would be a reliable neighbour for Slovakia.

PM Robert Fico

News digest: Brussels ‘in for a fun time’, Fico says ahead of EU talks

New Dutch ambassador to Slovakia, Matovič’s “movie nights”, and reconstruction work underway beneath the UFO restaurant.

News digest: Fico takes on Slovakia’s “biggest problem” – or so he says

A taxi driver attacked by three women and a man with a shovel – plus a message from the Lutheran Church to politicians.

News digest: Slovakia votes for Ukraine at UN, far-right SNS demands apology 

The gospel according to the defence minister – and what Fico’s up to beyond the coalition crisis.

PM Robert Fico and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte

News digest: Fico snubs NATO chief, heads to right-wing event in US instead

People will once again gather in squares to remember the murdered journalist.

In the photo, from left: President of Slovakia Peter Pellegrini, Hlas party leader and Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok, Smer party leader and Prime Minister Robert Fico, and Slovak National Party (SNS) leader and Deputy Speaker of Parliament Andrej Danko during a press conference following a roundtable meeting of political parties on Slovakia’s foreign policy orientation, organised by the head of state at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava on Tuesday, February 4, 2025.

News digest: Fico’s deadline passes, but his partners come up empty

Foreign minister finally admits his mistake, Greta Thunberg in Slovakia, and friction in the opposition.

Director of Studia Academica Slovaca, Michaela Mošaťová, during the opening of the Slovak language and culture summer school, Studia Academica Slovaca, in Bratislava on July 31, 2023.

Inspired by foreigners, Professor leads centre improving Slovak language education for them

Associate Professor Michaela Mošaťová says there is no officially specified qualification for lecturers of Slovak as a foreign language.

Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) arrives at a government meeting in Bratislava on February 12, 2025.

News digest: Fico poses with war criminal, then heads to meet the pope

A look at the most popular films in Slovak cinemas in 2024, a year that also proved successful for tourism.

PM Robert Fico

News digest: Fico’s patience wears thin as he issues ultimatum to his partners

A Bratislava park with a Valentine’s touch and a strange initiative from PM Fico’s sister.

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