A court in Bratislava sentenced former soldier Miroslav Marček to 23 years prison on April 6 for the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak (pictured above) and his fiancée...
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Three weeks after a landmark parliamentary election celebrated across Europe, the situation looks dire for Igor Matovič, Slovakia’s newly appointed prime minister...
The Movement of Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (OL’aNO), a centre-right populist party led by Igor Matovič, a millionaire and former news business owner...
Slovak voters head to the polls on February 29 to elect 150 MPs to the National Council, the country’s parliament, under a proportional election system that will have...
We started the year with a bang, proclaiming Romania, then led by prime minister Viorica Dancila, unready to take on the presidency of the Council of the European Union...
After another year of political change in emerging Europe, 12 countries from the region are scheduled to hold parliamentary or presidential elections in 2020, with...
Clichés about Central and Eastern Europe are probably as common in the press as jokes in Boris Johnson’s speeches. And although their repertoire might look repetitive to...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
Slovakia’s parliament approved the amendment extending the ban on the publication of opinion polls from 14 to 50 days before elections, one of the longest periods in the...
Our weekly digest of articles about emerging Europe published elsewhere this week, all of which caught our eye and all of which are well worth your time. Listing them...
A year ago, I wrote in this column that emerging Europe was looking for (and desperately looking for) its Macron. One year later, it seems that this wish has been...
The UN climate summit is currently underway in New York as world leaders gather to discuss the future of the climate crisis and their various approaches of combatting it...
Slovakia’s parliament has approved the reintroduction of the right of reply for public officials, valid from November 2019. If approved by the country’s...