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 14

Smer leader Robert Fico.

Smer wins elections, fascists are out of parliament

In theory, Smer leader Robert Fico might have a constitutional majority.

Faces of Progresívne Slovensko.

Progresívne Slovensko's landslide win among Slovaks abroad

A record high number of votes received from abroad in 2023.

Progresívne Slovensko leader Michal Šimečka talks to journalists on September 30, 2023.

Progresívne Slovensko wins exit polls, Smer is second

Seven to eight parties may get into parliament, according to published exit polls.

Smer leader Robert Fico.
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News digest: Shootings and explosion in one of Bratislava boroughs

Plenty of events to enjoy in Bratislava during the weekend, two lovely alpacas, and interview with Slovakia's deputy foreign minister Peter Mišík.

Péter Szijjártó.

News digest: Hungarian minister visits Slovakia, says something he shouldn't

A Slovak mother founded a children's library in the USA, comic legends call on Slovaks to vote, and why to head to Bratislava's V Klub tomorrow evening.

One of the OĽaNO billboards: We will not sell you to the mafia.

Matovič’s attack on former ally appears to be working, but only for him

SaS support holds firm, latest polls show, despite OĽaNO leader's claims about rival.

and 1 more
"Peace protest" organised by pro-Russian agitators in Bratislava on March 3.

News digest: Slovaks under Russian tyranny again? They don't want that, US ambassador thinks

A new Globsec analysis on supporting Ukraine, what makes foreign firms invest in Slovakia, and a Slovak science achievement.

Progresívne Slovensko leader Michal Šimečka.

POLLS: Two wins for Smer and PS, but strong government out of sight

Here's what the last polls tell us about the 2023 parliamentary election. Let's begin with the latest NMS Market Research Slovakia poll.

Slovakia will obtain 160 Oshkosh vehicles for $190 million from the US. They should arrive in Slovakia in 2025. Acting Defence Minister Martin Sklenár and US Ambassador Gautam Rana after signing a deal in Bratislava on July 20, 2023.

What the US ambassador learned about his barber from their Soros chat

US Ambassador Gautam Rana believes that it’s important to begin a dialogue and try to understand why some believe disinformation.

Polish border guards patrol the area of a newly built metal wall on the border between Poland and Belarus, near Kuznice, Poland, on June 30, 2022.

Poland to check suspect vehicles coming from Slovakia

The Czech Republic might also establish border checks with Slovakia, warns Smer leader Robert Fico.

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Mochovce.

News digest: Mochovce 3 reaches full power output for the first time

A secret service reform demanded by people, Slovakia-based foreigners on the 2023 early elections, and traffic restrictions in Bratislava.

taxi

News digest: How much time do Slovaks spend at work?

Ukraine's promise to withdraw a lawsuit against Slovakia, what the latest Ipsos poll tells us, and some good news from around Slovakia.

Art outside Eurovea

News digest: The Virus has hit high-profile people

Ukraine's plan to sue Slovakia, talented Slovak-Vietnamese writer, beautiful Slovak gorges, and a new Bratislava artwork.

The Slovak Foreign Ministry building in Bratislava.

News digest: Russian ambassador summoned, staffer expelled

Robert Fico closer to his fourth premiership, illegal migration, and a Slovak chef's obsession with a Korean specialty.

An illegal migrant in Nové Zámky, near Nitra, in September 2023.

Slovakia finds itself in eye of illegal migration storm

Migrants have been arriving in Slovakia in ever-larger numbers, attracted by a document introduced by a former Smer government five years ago which they believe, wrongly, grants them the right to stay in the EU.

German journalist Katrin Litschko.

A German from Bratislava who loves her working ‘mischung’

Katrin Litschko runs a magazine, produces TV reports and organises exhibitions – but she also makes time to swim in the Danube and go climbing.

A yellow-marked trail that leads from Hrčava, Czechia, to the triple point (Trojmedzie/Trojmedzí/Trójstyk).
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Near the highest motorway bridge in central Europe, taste delicious cheese and look for a boundary stone in a ditch

Explore a place with three different names – Trojmedzie, Trojmezí, Trójstyk – where three nations regularly meet.

Lovestream festival.

News digest: What's Slovakia's population?

More than 700,000 pupils will return to school on Monday. How to spend the long weekend. A young ice-hockey player from Žilina stars in the US.

German Ambassador Barbara Wolf.

Germany has its differences with Fico, but election comes first

German politicians are well aware of who former three-time premier Robert Fico is, says German ambassador to Slovakia Barbara Wolf.

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