Article written by Ivana Kohutková from VIA IURIS. Despite the Slovak Government stating its support to civil society in its Governmental Manifesto a year ago, the civic sector is not…
Article originally published on GLOBSEC website, 23 June 2020 - accessible here At times of instability and insecurity reinforced by the COVID-19 pandemic, democracies can become particularly fragile. A belief in…
Extract of article originally published on Romea.cz, 1 April 2020 - accessible here Starting this Friday around Slovakia, testing for COVID-19 will begin in 33 Romani settlements. Slovak PM Matovič…
Slovakia has made the international headlines after investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, were shot dead in February 2018. The murder sparked protests opening tumultuous times for…
UPDATE - 26 April 2019: The Regional Directorate of the Police Corps in Trenčín, Criminal Police Department, decided that 12 activists from across Europe, who were peacefully protesting coal mining…
A law to enhance transparency of funding for civil society organisations is expected to be discussed in the parliament in September. Viera Zuborova from the Bratislava Policy Institute commented: <<In…
By Viera Zuborova, Bratislava Policy Intitute The murder of 27 years old journalist with his 27 years old fiancée hit the Slovak society badly, and after 25 years of independent state…
(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 the Slovak National Crime Agency during eight hours on Tuesday…
(European Centre for Press and Media Freedom) Benedek Jávor was one of six MEPs travelling to Slovakia in an ad hoc delegation by the European Parliament to make their presence…
(The Slovak Spectator) Investigative journalists across a wide media spectrum have joined forces, forming a team dealing with the stories of the murdered reporter Ján Kuciak. Foreign media from four countries…