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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Prime Minister Robert Fico

News digest: As cabinet reshuffle looms, PM Fico is MIA

Actors ‘come clean’ – jokingly admit they are controlled by foreign powers.

MP Rudolf Huliak (l) and MP Roman Malatinec (r) have known each other for about 20 years.

News digest: Pro-Russian hunter pulls the strings in Fico’s coalition

Two politicians who ran out of luck on the road.

News digest: Smer names new ‘enemy of the state’ – a Georgian man fighting Russia

Slovakia moves to expel a Ukrainian citizen over allegations of a coup plot.

Bombic

News digest: Slovakia brings back its most notorious export

PM Fico has a new target - this time, it’s not Zelensky but a French guy. Meanwhile, his interior minister is in hot water.

PM Robert Fico and his cabinet on January 23, 2025
PM Robert Fico during an extraordinary parliamentary session on January 21, 2025.
A police officer patrols the road leading to the grammar school building (third from the right, orange in colour) following a knife attack in the town of Spišská Stará Ves on January 16, 2025.

News digest: School stabbing shakes quiet border town

PM Fico avoids Kyiv, e-shops set records, and Slovak phrases explore guilt.

Knife attack at a grammar school in Spišská Stará Ves, eastern Slovakia, on January 16, 2025.

Knife attack at Slovak school leaves two dead, one in critical condition

The attacker is reported to be an 18-year-old student.

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MPs Branislav Gröhling (SaS), Michal Šimečka (Progressive Slovakia), Milan Majerský (KDH), and Michal Šipoš (Slovakia) during a press conference of opposition parties following an attempt to open a parliamentary session in Bratislava on January 14, 2025.

News digest: A budet bordel!

Should you shake hands with someone you disagree with? This simple gesture has sparked a nationwide debate in Slovakia.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2025, in Palm Beach, Fla.

News digest: Bratislava visit in Trump’s plans, Czech politician says

Detained “MacGyver” from Košice, Hviezdoslav hits the stage in English, and Fico back in action.

Prime Minister Robert Fico (left) and Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmyhal greet each other ahead of a meeting between members of the Slovak and Ukrainian governments on 11 April 2024 in Michalovce.

News digest: Fico considers leveraging refugees in gas dispute

Famous wrecked car, PM critiqued, and MPs’ legislative blunder.

News digest: Is Fico about to shoot himself in the foot?

Demonstrators are set to gather outside the office of PM Fico on Friday.

Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová in a studio.

National musical project hits a bum note

Slovakia’s anthem is to get a new version.

Prime Minister Robert Fico (l) shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sunday, December 22, 2024. On the right is Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov.

PM Fico meets Vladimir Putin in Moscow

The Slovak premier seems to regard Ukraine’s president as an enemy and Putin as his friend.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses a media conference during an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

News digest: Fico caught off guard by Zelensky’s criticism

Fall in love with a dictionary, an intriguing exhibit, a short tale about pricey chairs, and a logistics mega deal.

A Ukrainian tank passes by a burning car near the Russian-Ukrainian border, Sumy region, Ukraine, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)

News digest: Repair work for Ukraine moves from Slovakia to Germany

A pandemic mystery, a Russian talent, and PM Fico heads to Brussels.

Teachers join public sector unrest, strike warning issued.

News digest: Teachers join public sector unrest, strike warning issued

Drunk passenger mocks police, Fico claims conflict of interest.

Health Minister Kamil Šaško.

News digest: Minister’s ‘terrorist’ comment triggers fury among doctors

Do you do a big clean-up before Christmas? Most Slovaks certainly do!

PM Robert Fico and Health Minister Kamil Šaško.

News digest: Where is the prime minister?

What Slovakia Googled in 2024 and Košice embraces its new residents.

Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok.

News digest: Minister warns of “non-European cultures” entering Europe

A guide to Slovak business and a trip to the “Tuscany” of eastern Slovakia.

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