Last Week in Slovakia
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Last Week: As disease spreads, Fico no longer insists on a “different opinion”
The benefits of EU membership suddenly become apparent.
Last Week: Fico regains his strength. Or does he?
A closer look reveals the dark side of Fico’s deal with the rebels.
Last Week: Fico continues his peekaboo foreign-policy dance in Brussels
Outgoing ambassador warns: our European partners think we’re ‘total lunatics’.
Last Week: Why Trump’s treatment of Zelensky is bad news for Slovakia
Fico is apparently looking forward to a world in which strongmen dictate terms to smaller countries.
Last Week: ‘I told you so’, Fico proclaims after Trump-Putin chat
Amid a coalition crisis, Andrej Danko resorts to epistolary politics.
Last Week: Much ado about one far-right extremist
The ruling Smer party has disturbing links to the indicted neo-Nazi.
Last Week: Fico compares himself to Georgia’s pro-Russian government
Slovakia’s claims of a foreign-backed ‘coup’ plot prompted a response from Ukraine’s military intelligence agency.
Last Week: How Fico tried to scare people out of protesting – and failed
Meanwhile, his ruling coalition is continuing to disintegrate.
Last Week: Fico says leaving the EU should be an option
Slovakia is mentally split between two worlds.
Last Week: Slovakia has suffered a major attack on its critical infrastructure
Fico is trying to turn attention to gas supplies just as the state is struggling to cope with a devastating cyberattack on the land registry.
Last Week: Fico goes on a diplomatic adventure
It may end in disaster for Slovakia.
Preserve and persevere. Slovak journalists reflect on 2024
Fico’s trip to Moscow suggests we should expect more, and worse.
Last Week: The governing coalition ends the year looking decidedly wobbly
Andrej Danko is spouting conspiracy theories about a coalition partner.
Last Week: How the Russians played the Slovak foreign minister
Numerous Slovak politicians are planning to visit Moscow next year, while offering threadbare justifications – or none at all.
Last Week: We cannot go on like this for long, Fico admits
Early elections are mentioned following disarray in parliament.
Last Week: Two minor Slovak chickenhawks flew to Moscow to hand the Kremlin a PR gift
They thanked Putin while wearing Slovak army uniforms.
Last Week: Remembering 1989 in an increasingly violent world
It's been 35 years since the non-violent November revolution.
Last Week: What will a Trump presidency look like? Slovakia offers some hints
The proposed Covid amnesty is a case in point.
Last Week: Slovak government cuts a deal with Babiš, whitewashing history
Interior Ministry plays politics with Czechoslovakia’s secret-police past.
Last Week: The investigation of assassination attempt is testing the integrity of the system
The prime minister has his version of the story, but the investigation is telling a different one.
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