Slovakia

Freedom of association

SLOVAKIA: Government move risks polarising the civil society sector
Article written by Ivana Kohutková from VIA IURIS. Despite the Slovak Government stating its support to civil society in its ...
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SLOVAKIA: We started discussing shrinking civic space before it was too late – Interview with VIA IURIS’ Ivana Kohutková
Slovakia has made the international headlines after investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were shot dead in ...
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SLOVAKIA: draft law on transparency for the third sector raises worries among some civil society
A law to enhance transparency of funding for civil society organisations is expected to be discussed in the parliament in ...
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Freedom of expression

SLOVAKIA: Investigative reporter Pavla Holcova’s phone seized after eight-hour interrogation related to Jan Kuciak’s murder
(European Federation of Journalists) Investigative journalist Pavla Holcova, former colleague of Jan Kuciak and founder of the Czech Center for Investigative Reporting, was interrogated by ...
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SLOVAKIA: Journalists from competing media form a team to finalise Kuciak’s stories
(The Slovak Spectator) Investigative journalists across a wide media spectrum have joined forces, forming a team dealing with the stories of ...
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SLOVAKIA: Civil society to react to the murder of Ján Kuciak
VIDEO: Mourners gather in honour of slain 27-year-old Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak, who investigated high-ranking officials, tycoons and the mafia ...
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SLOVAKIA: investigative journalist killed at home
(Index on Censorship) A Slovak investigative journalist Jan Kuciak was shot dead at his home. Tohle je spatny:( Na Slovensku ...
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Freedom of assembly

SLOVAKIA: Greenpeace activists denied bail, facing months in jail awaiting trial (UPDATED)
UPDATE - 26 April 2019: The Regional Directorate of the Police Corps in Trenčín, Criminal Police Department, decided that 12 ...
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SLOVAKIA: Younger generation fight for their liberal democracy
By Viera Zuborova, Bratislava Policy Intitute The murder of 27 years old journalist with his 27 years old fiancée hit the ...
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Institutional reactions

SLOVAKIA: MEPs debate fact-finding mission: more initiatives at the European level to come, says Benedek Jávor
(European Centre for Press and Media Freedom) Benedek Jávor was one of six MEPs travelling to Slovakia in an ad ...
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Other resources

GLOBSEC: Voices of Central and Eastern Europe – Perceptions of democracy & governance in 10 EU countries
Article originally published on GLOBSEC website, 23 June 2020 - accessible here At times of instability and insecurity reinforced by ...
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SLOVAKIA: We started discussing shrinking civic space before it was too late – Interview with VIA IURIS’ Ivana Kohutková
Slovakia has made the international headlines after investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were shot dead in ...
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SLOVAKIA: Civil society to react to the murder of Ján Kuciak
VIDEO: Mourners gather in honour of slain 27-year-old Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak, who investigated high-ranking officials, tycoons and the mafia ...
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