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 9

From left to right: Culture Ministry Chief of Staff Lukáš Machala, Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová, SNS leader Andrej Danko.

News digest: Putin admirer as head of public broadcaster? It could happen.

MP Huliak's odd test, whooping cough on the rise, and a Slovak detained in Congo.

News digest: Prominent MP threatens journalist with dismissal, accuses RTVS of 'jihad'

Life on the Slovak-Ukrainian border, ex-Smer MP convicted of fraud, a fundraiser for the Ukrainian army.

News digest: For a while, Fico was pro-Ukraine

How to enjoy Bratislava for free, a population decline, and a new coffee chain coming to Slovakia.

News digest: Govt has a problem with the cadastre, why?

Controversial billboards, Fico mocking people frustrated with Pellegrini's victory, and should Hungarians be blamed for the election result?

President-elect Peter Pellegrini during election night on April 6, 2024.

How Pellegrini turned fear, alleged coup and lies into presidential win in two weeks

Peter Pellegrini, the disciple of PM Robert Fico who likes luxury, was helped in the campaign by Hungary's state media and the coalition.

Speaker of Parliament Peter Pellegrini (Hlas) became the Slovak president-elect on April 6, 2024 after defeating his rival Ivan Korčok in a runoff. In the picture, populist PM Robert Fico applauds Pellegrini's victory.

Peter Pellegrini wins Slovak presidential election

The turnout in the runoff round was the second highest since 1999.

Newlyweds vote in the second round of the presidential election on April 6, 2024.

Slovakia votes for president in runoff election

Polling stations are open until 22:00.

News digest: Blanár parties at NATO, Fico lambasts the West in Bratislava

The premier threatens a group of judges, flights to Switzerland, and a trip to Tematín Castle.

Speaker of Parliament Peter Pellegrini photographed in Bratislava on April 2, 2024.

News digest: For Pellegrini, Tuesday was a nightmare

But Pellegrini would have won the second round of the presidential race, according to the latest Focus poll.

Janka, a blogger, during the inauguration of the first flight to Athens with Aegean Airlines at the airport in Bratislava on September 14, 2023.

News digest: Whoah! Bratislava airport unveils summer flight plan

A Czech rail operator connects Prague and Ukraine, Dominika Cibulková endorses Pellegrini, and Bratislava events.

Daniel Bombic (l), Tibor Gašpar (c) and Jana Laššáková (r).

News digest: After minister, anti-Semite welcomes Smer MP to his show

Presidential election updates, Star Wars at RTVS, wind warnings, and NME interviews a Slovak singer.

Slovak Public Radio building in downtown Bratislava.

Slovakia’s public broadcaster: Star Wars

New legislation would transform Slovakia’s RTVS into an outlet renamed Slovak Television and Radio that is fully under government control.

Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský, second left, welcomes his counterparts from Poland Radoslaw Sikorski, left, from Slovakia Juraj Blanár, right, and Hungary Péter Szijjártó, second right, as they meet in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 21, 2024.

News digest: Slovakia's no to Czech-led ammunition plan for Kyiv

A story about a Ukrainian mother living in Bratislava, one of the largest banks to increase fees, and an idea to save a famous museum.

The Special Prosecutor's Office will cease to exist at midnight.

News digest: Before its end, Special Prosecutor's Office announces new charges

Slovakia appears to be a problem for investors, Pellegrini's unusual request, and an award-winning Slovak-Hungarian film.

Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová at a press conference at the Culture Ministry on March 14, 2024.
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News digest: After attacks on journalists, Culture Ministry cuts its briefing short

Largest developers in Slovakia, old postcard for Prague Castle, and how to enjoy Bratislava.

RTVS' creative centre in Bratislava.

News digest: Public broadcaster is the coalition's next target

Test your Slovak, a beaver spotted in Košice, and a visit to the Chernomorka restaurant.

RTVS director Ľuboš Machaj and Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová.
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The coalition shows how it plans to take control over public TV and radio

The new draft EU media law might stop the coalition.

Pavol Gašpar now serves as deputy SIS chair with competences of the chair.

News digest: Slovakia's top spy agency run by a "bad guy" now

Czech-Slovak relations getting colder, a plan to build local shared service centres, and another Slovak Matters piece is out.

News digest: Fico's back-up plan to remove Constitutional Court Chief Justice

Eurostat has question for government, councillor sentenced in bribery case, and Devín Run will return in April.

Opposition MPs with posters in the debating chamber in Bratislava on February 8, 2024.

Slovakia’s top court hinders Fico’s effort to change Penal Code in his favour

The Slovak premier claims he is satisfied, given the court’s decision to allow a prominent anti-corruption body to be dissolved – but the opposition is doubtful.

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