Peter Dlhopolec - editor-in-chief - The Slovak Spectator

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

News digest: Renaissance lady vanishes, ministry brushes off ‘stupid questions’

Top banker guilty, weekend plans sorted, and a Reddit rescue story.

Peter Dlhopolec

News digest: Fico tells Berlin Slovakia will not take lessons on Russia

Slapgate, Pellegrini’s first State of the Republic address, and MPs return to work — for now.

Peter Dlhopolec

Protesters hold a banner reading “No to the Russian Law” during a “Slovakia Is Europe” rally held in Bratislava on Thursday, April 24, 2025.

Slovakia passes NGO law, civil society fears a chilling new era

They spent decades filling gaps left by the state. Now the state is coming for them.

Peter Dlhopolec

Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer) and Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenický (Smer) speak at a press conference during an inspection day at the Finance Ministry in Bratislava on 21 May 2025.

News digest: Fico’s bloc wants to save money by restricting electoral access

Shattered empress, defaced Ukrainian ambulance and an unseasonably cold Friday forecast.

Peter Dlhopolec

Alleged members of the neo-Nazi group that carried out attacks in Bratislava over the winter.

News digest: Violent gang in Bratislava is under arrest

Criminal complaint against Fico, Kuciak case back to square one, and literature takes the spotlight on Wednesday evening.

Peter Dlhopolec

Robert Fico attends 9 May Victory Day celebrations in Moscow.

Fico praises China and Vietnam as models, says liberal democracy has failed

PM Robert Fico lauds one-party states for their long-term planning and blames Europe’s political chaos for its decline.

Peter Dlhopolec

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News digest: Fico returns to scene of his shooting after secret talks – this time for a party gig

Slovakia’s economy slows, Valjent’s heroics undone by late Madrid goal, and Bratislava hosts free events.

Peter Dlhopolec

From left: Defence Committee chair Richard Glück, Deputy Speaker Tibor Gašpar and Government Office head Juraj Gedra, all from Smer, at a press conference following an emergency Security Council meeting in Bratislava on Thursday, 15 May 2025.

Smer brands axe-wielding protester a ‘threat’ – police initially closed case as misdemeanour, then filed charges after party’s criticism

A Demokrati member used a metaphor to describe PM Fico’s downfall.

Peter Dlhopolec

Prime Minister Robert Fico in the STV studio shortly before the start of the political programme "O 5 minút 12" on 30 May 2010 in Bratislava.

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News digest: Fico’s latest target? Sunday TV debates

A US conspiracy theorist wants to visit Slovakia. In Košice, a banner branded Fico a traitor.

Peter Dlhopolec

From left to right: Fico's lawyer and adviser David Lindtner, Smer MP Tibor Gašpar and Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák during a press conference on 13 May 2025 in Bratislava.

As shooting anniversary nears, Fico allies escalate blame and rhetoric

Photos of PM Fico’s purported clothing and post-surgery abdomen, alongside ominous talk of civil war, took centre stage at Smer’s press conference on Tuesday.

Peter Dlhopolec

The re-enactment of the Battle of the Dargov Pass was organised on 9 May 2009 by enthusiasts from the Cassovia Corp civic association and Retro Air from Košice, in the municipality of Dargov.

News digest: Anti-fascist celebration in Piešťany comes with free train rides — if you know the words

Disruption at the railway operator, suspected Russian embassy flyers and a tour of Slovak football stadiums.

Peter Dlhopolec

News digest: No plus one. Fico saves the Moscow spotlight for himself

Pro-Russian bikers return to Slovak roads, developers vie for the top spot in a new ranking, and Košice celebrates its hockey champions.

Peter Dlhopolec

A foreign resident in Bratislava has found himself at the centre of an unexpected media storm after a second-hand sale was mistaken for a drug deal in a widely viewed Slovak TV report.

News digest: No crime, no threat, just foreign

A farm boy turned inventor, a horse video that went viral, and why to stop by the Culture Ministry on Friday.

Peter Dlhopolec

A farm in Plavecký Štvrtok, Malacky district, where foot-and-mouth disease was confirmed on 30 March 2025.

Zoos are empty, farms are quiet, and a virus has shaken a nation

A major outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease has forced Slovakia into drastic measures, while the internet has gone wild with theories about the virus’s origin.

Peter Dlhopolec