"Elections in Slovakia: Fico is dangerous, but he knows the power of social protest" Published: 26 September 2023 Interview With the return of former Prime Minister Fico, old authoritarian patterns could resurface in the upcoming elections. However, progressives also have a chance to win. Jan Philipp Albrecht, Adéla Jurečková, Zuzana Kepplová
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on rule of law in Central Europe: Turning Crisis into opportunity? Published: 3 April 2020 Background The ongoing pandemic of COVID-19 disease has brought about an extraordinary situation. Although the past decades have brought numerous challenges like terrorism or the climate change, the global spread of a disease for which there is neither a cure nor vaccination available is something that political leaders have no experience in tackling. Pavlína Janebová
A political map of Slovakia two years after the tragedy of the murder of Ján and Martina Published: 11 March 2020 Background February 2020 will be written into the modern political history of Slovakia as a month with a great turning point which combined in a special way two dramatic themes in the internal political development of the country. Grigorij Mesežnikov
How the German parliamentary elections resonate in Slovakia Published: 20 October 2017 Analysis The domestic media in Slovakia discussed especially the policy of the future German government towards the EU and the US, as well as the success of the right-wing AfD in Germany. Grigorij Mesežnikov
Orbán’s theatrical struggle against big, bad Berlin Published: 4 October 2017 Orbán tries to destroy Germany’s positive image in Central Eastern Europe, depicting Germany as the capital of the decadent, liberal, pro-immigration EU that is doomed to fail. Tolerating such a behaviour would be a huge long-term strategic mistake for Germany. Edit Zgut, Bulcsú Hunyadi , Péter Krekó
Nord Stream II: Shaking hands with the devil Published: 26 August 2016 The gas pipeline Nord Stream II should double the existing natural gas transport capacity from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea. Juraj Mesík explains why the Kremlin will be the biggest winner of this project. Juraj Mesík
Slovak echoes of Brexit Published: 3 August 2016 On 1 July 2016 Slovakia assumed the Presidency of the EU Council. The government had been planning to implement the agreement reached between the UK and the EU in February 2016. But now they have to deal with the fact that Great Britain is leaving the European Union. Grigorij Mesežnikov
Migration, elections and extremism: the case of Slovak politics Published: 26 May 2016 During the Slovak parliamentary election campaign even moderate parties adopted anti-immigrant language. But the strategy backfired and far-right politicians entered parliament. Grigorij Mesežnikov
