Slovakia’s progressive opposition renews alliance ahead of 2020 vote
Bratislava, Slovakia – Last week, Progressive Slovakia (PS) and Together (Spolu) announced they signed a coalition agreement ahead of nextContinue Reading
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Slovakia: Ruling Smer party faces unprecedented crisis after EU election defeat
Bratislava, Slovakia – The once all-dominant Slovak party is facing an unprecedented crisis after being severely defeated in last week’sContinue Reading
Čaputová’s Progressive Slovakia Party on the rise ahead of EU elections
One month after the victory of Zuzana Čaputová as a candidate of Progressive Slovakia (PS) in Slovakia’s presidential elections, theContinue Reading
Slovakia: Jan Kuciak receives posthumous national journalism award
Bratislava, Slovakia – Jan Kuciak, the investigative reporter murdered one year ago with his fiancee, was awarded this week the nationalContinue Reading
Slovakia ditches international treaty on women’s rights
Bratislava, Slovakia – Last week, the Slovak Parliament passed a resolution to force the government to drop the ratification processContinue Reading
Slovakia: European Parliament deplores “serious shortcomings” in rule of law
Bratislava, Slovakia – On Thursday, members of the European Parliament passed a resolution condemning the “continuous efforts of a growing numberContinue Reading
Slovakia’s anti-corruption reforms deemed insufficient
Bratislava, Slovakia – According to the Council of Europe’s Group of States Against Corruption (GRECO), Slovakia has failed to make significantContinue Reading
Slovak media wars, Czech pub crawls, Poland’s sex education… What’s new?
Didn’t have time to read the news lately? Kafkadesk’s got you covered. Here’s our recap of what’s been going onContinue Reading
Slovakia’s Constitutional Court forced to near-shutdown over political row
Bratislava, Slovakia – The highest court in Slovakia has been forced into near-paralysis over the failure to nominate the successorsContinue Reading
Slovakia: Robert Fico renounces bid for Constitutional Court job
Bratislava, Slovakia – Former Slovak Prime Minister and current chairman of the ruling Smer party Robert Fico has dropped hisContinue Reading
Who’s who? Meet the candidates and front-runners for Slovakia’s 2019 presidential election
Bratislava, Slovakia – At the close of Thursday’s deadline, fifteen candidates (13 men and 2 women), most of whom areContinue Reading
EU Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič announces bid for Slovak presidency
Bratislava, Slovakia – Maroš Šefčovič, a career diplomat and current European Commission vice-president in charge of the energy policy, confirmedContinue Reading
Former Slovak PM Robert Fico seeks new job as Constitutional Court judge
Bratislava, Slovakia – Despite his resignation as Prime Minister last year in the wake of Jan Kuciak’s murder and the mass protestsContinue Reading
Slovakia: Former PM Robert Fico might be planning his come-back
Bratislava, Slovakia – “I’m not going anywhere”, Robert Fico said when he handed his resignation to President Andrej Kiska lastContinue Reading
Slovakia divided over UN migration pact
Bratislava, Slovakia – Agreed in July by all 193 UN Member states – apart from the US – the GlobalContinue Reading
