These top three stories from Slovakia are a selection of headlines from a weekly overview in pdf and audio format that subscribers of The Slovak Spectator receive directly in their inboxes every Thursday morning.
Investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova were found murdered in their house in Velka Maca on Sunday night. The police believe their murder to be linked with Kuciak's work. The last story the journalist worked on pointed to links between people close to the government and the Italian organised crime group 'Ndrangheta.
Read more about Kuciak's work in on the case of Italian Mafia.
Slovakia is standing at a crossroads and much will depend on whether Robert Fico realises that this is a crucial point and how much he wants to stay in power, says Beata Balogová, editor-in-chief of Slovakia’s leading daily Sme and member of the IPI Executive Board.
After two days it is not possible to say how events will turn out from here, but there will be consequences: democracy and freedom in this country will either grow stronger, or will decline, writes Michaela Terenzani.
Below you can listen to all the headlines from Last Week in Slovakia published on February 28.
