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
Tag: Slovak politics
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
Outrage after Slovakia cuts funding for cultural and LGBT organizations
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia’s cultural scene and LGBT activists are up in arms against Culture Minister Ľubica Laššáková (Smer). CultureContinue Reading
Zuzana Čaputová elected European Personality of the Year
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovakia’s president-elect Zuzana Čaputová has been named European Personality of the Year by the European Leadership Awards. ZuzanaContinue Reading
Progressive Slovakia elects new party leader
Bratislava, Slovakia – Progressive Slovakia, the former party of president-elect Zuzana Čaputová, has just elected its new chairman. Michal Truban,Continue 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
Slovak court rejects ban of far-right party
Bratislava, Slovakia – Earlier this week, Slovakia’s highest court rejected a bid to ban the far-right People’s Party our SlovakiaContinue Reading
The ups and downs of Hungarians’ integration in Slovakia
Slovakia has many minorities living within its borders, from the historic Hungarian community in the south, to Ruthenians in theContinue Reading
Donald Trump to host Slovak Prime Minister at White House
Bratislava, Slovakia – Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini will travel to the United States next week and meet with President DonaldContinue Reading
Slovakia’s Smer, Czech Euroscepticism and Poland’s catechism in troubled waters… 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 on:Continue Reading
Zuzana Čaputová: Why did Slovakia’s Hungarian community choose her?
Last month, Slovakia elected its first female president, Zuzana Čaputová after a long and tiring presidential campaign, which saw herContinue Reading
Slovakia’s controversial law on national anthem causes uproar among Hungarian community
A new Slovak law restricting the use of foreign national anthems has sparked the anger of the ethnic Hungarian minorityContinue Reading
Kiska’s party, Czech faux-pas, Polish consolation babies… 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 on:Continue 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
