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, page 10

The Constitutional Court in Košice.

News digest: Smer's celebrating women and Lipšic's office closure

What's on in Bratislava, a Slovak-Vietnamese on growing up in Slovakia, and director of Google Czechia and Slovakia resigns.

News digest: Eastern Slovakia to host Ukrainian and Slovak leaderships in April

A diplomatic note sent to Belgium, Visegrad Four summit in Prague, and Bosch's change of heart.

Peter Rusiňák.

What can Slovakia learn from Lithuania, Romania and Poland?

A good strategy for business service centres would be a start, says expert Peter Rusiňák.

Prime Minister Robert Fico on February 22, 2024.

News digest: Fico to "hijack" Slovakia's intelligence agency, opposition says

Justice Ministry scraps support for human rights initiatives, where to decompress in Bratislava at the weekend, and a quake reported from eastern Slovakia.

News digest: Premier skips minute of silence for Kuciak, instead sharing conspiracy theory

Slovakia joins mine clearance coalition, accommodation subsidies for Ukrainian refugees cut, ING Hubs Slovakia CEO.

ING Hubs Slovakia head Arnout Bloys van Treslong.

Yes, a Dutch surgeon oversees ING’s Bratislava service centre

ING Hubs Slovakia CEO Arnout Bloys van Treslong on running a service centre with more than a thousand workers, mistakes, and why the studied surgeon prefers ING to medicine.

President Čaputová lays flowers at the Kuciak monument in Bratislava on February 21, 2024.
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Matúš Šutaj Eštok.

News digest: Minister's plan to rewrite whistleblowing bill again

A new poll on the presidential election, an old house that attracts tourists, and an unbelievable family story that involves an old trunk.

News digest: Tractors out. Divided farmers kick off protests

A controversial number plate, a political look back at last week, and a popular Greek bistro.

The Greek bistro Suvlaki on Krížna Street in Bratislava.

Krížna Street bistro spreads love of Greek cuisine among Bratislavans

After working in America and Greece, Yiannis Fanourakis opened a bistro in Slovakia.

Smer members announce the filing of a criminal complaint against journalist Martin Šimečka.

News digest: Šimečka's comment about 'cowardly Slovak nation' angers Smer

Ukrainian university students and their challenges, events in Bratislava, and fun poked at SNS leader Andrej Danko.

News digest: A warning letter to Fico govt

Dell Slovakia fires trade union leaders, e-car trip across the country, diary of a Ukrainian newcomer, and a rising tennis star.

News digest: More international travellers visit Slovakia (but it's not what it used to be)

Fico's big investment revolution, interview with Slovakia's Maya expert, and AmCham Slovakia has a new head.

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Slovensko MP Jozef Pročko wears a T-shirt that says: "Fico protects the mafia."

News digest: Smer changes the Penal Code. Now it's the Constitutional Court's turn

PM Fico reveals opposition MP's health status, a ruling over war-approving social media posts, and one winter hike in the Tatras.

News digest: SNS chair Danko attacks President Čaputová twice in two days

Strong wind warnings will be in place on Wednesday, Hungarian students are unhappy about Slovak language classes, and the PM will earn more.

News digest: Activists blast air raid sirens outside Fico's office

A Chinese retailer increasingly popular among Slovaks, 3 free Bratislava events, and anti-government crowds growing stronger.

Smer MP Tibor Gašpar.

News digest: Coalition's 22 pages to please Brussels

The health minister slammed for her photo with a premature baby, a talented Ukrainian bandurist, and a restored ancient mill.

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News digest: Coalition MPs silence the opposition, ignore Brussels

A gallery of tonight's anti-government protests, Fico in Berlin, Pellegrini in Brussels, and why you may see Christina Aguilera in Slovakia.

Slovak and Ukrainian Prime Ministers Robert Fico and Denys Shmyhal shake hands in Uzhhorod, western Ukraine, on January 24, 2024.

Fico invites Ukrainian PM Shmyhal to Slovakia, attacks Slovak media again

The USA slams Fico for calling Ukraine a state under America’s influence.

News digest: Minister Šimkovičová's Austrian faux pas

Why Slovak universities aren't the best and an unusual doctor's office opens in Bojnice hospital.

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