Former Slovak President Andrej Kiska charged with tax fraud
Bratislava, Slovakia – Former President Andrej Kiska has been charged by Slovak police with tax fraud a few months aheadContinue Reading
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Slovak police press charges against former PM Fico for inciting racial hatred
Bratislava, Slovakia – Former Prime Minister and chairman of the ruling Smer party Robert Fico has been officially charged byContinue Reading
Defying presidential veto, Slovak lawmakers approve Europe’s longest survey blackout
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia’s Parliament overruled a presidential veto on Tuesday to introduce one of the world’s longest pre-election pollingContinue Reading
Slovakia: Kočner and three others charged over murder of Ján Kuciak
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovak authorities have officially charged four people, including notorious businessman Marian Kočner, for the murder of investigativeContinue Reading
Slovakia’s new media law sparks freedom of the press concerns
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia’s Parliament has just approved an amendment to the country’s press code that would reintroduce the rightContinue Reading
Slovakia rocked by latest revelations in Kocner/Kuciak murder case
The last few weeks have seen many interesting and disturbing twists regarding the trial of Marian Kocner, an influential SlovakContinue Reading
Slovakia urged to step up fight against corruption
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia is not doing enough to fight corruption, according to the Council of Europe. In its evaluationContinue Reading
Slovakia: Controversial ex-PM Vladimir Meciar is returning to politics
Brno, Czech Republic – The “Slovak Putin”, “the Trump of Slovakia” or “the actual head of Slovak organised crime”…these areContinue Reading
What Zuzana Čaputová’s victory means for Slovakia – and what it doesn’t
Last week, Zuzana Čaputová was officially sworn in as Slovakia’s fifth president. Here’s why it matters – but not asContinue Reading
Former Slovak president Andrej Kiska launches new political party
Bratislava, Slovakia – After officially stepping down on Saturday as president and handing over the reigns to Zuzana Caputova, Andrej KiskaContinue Reading
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
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
