Slovak Interim Prime Minister Eduard Heger resigned last Sunday: President Zuzana Čaputová appointed the Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Slovakia (NBS) Ľudovít Ódor as head of a caretaker government (the first one in Slovakia’s history), which will take office on May 15th. The PM explained on tv he took this decision “to leaveContinua a leggere “Heger resigns, NBS vice-governor Ľudovít Ódor appointed as PM”
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Parties negotiate in the run-up to the elections in Slovakia
The elections in Slovakia are scheduled on September 30th. The last time the country experienced a summer electoral campaign was more than twenty years ago. Summer campaigns are traditionally known for the politicians’ trips to the regions, rallies, and meetings with citizens. Party leaders already started to introduce their billboards in the towns. As theContinua a leggere “Parties negotiate in the run-up to the elections in Slovakia”
New parties in Slovakia, among vetoes and chaos
With the emergence of new parties in Slovakia, the political fragmentation in the country becomes more acute. Fourteen new political entities want to run, and some of them are led by conspiracy theorists or convicted swindlers. The month of March was very turbulent. After the resignation of interim Health Minister Vladimír Lengvarský, both Robert FicoContinua a leggere “New parties in Slovakia, among vetoes and chaos”
The EU, Russian disinformation, and security: Evaluating Slovak foreign policy
Organized by the Slovak Foreign Policy Association (SFPA) and the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, on March 27th, 2023, the “21st Annual Review Conference on the Foreign and European Policy of the Slovak Republic” hosted a series of panels at the Congress Hall of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Bratislava. The Conference’s firstContinua a leggere “The EU, Russian disinformation, and security: Evaluating Slovak foreign policy”
Caccia MiG-29 all’Ucraina, la lezione dell’“altra Europa”
Durante la Guerra Fredda l’Europa centro-orientale sotto giogo sovietico era nota come l’“altra Europa”. Quella occidentale si riteneva sola ed unica interprete dei “valori europei”. Ma con la guerra in Ucraina gli ex paesi del Patto di Varsavia contribuiscono oggi più che mai a tenere vivi i valori sui cui poggia l’Europa. Tra questi, laContinua a leggere “Caccia MiG-29 all’Ucraina, la lezione dell’“altra Europa””
Il rapporto Svizzera-Slovacchia, tra politica e cooperazione
Piccoli paesi, nel centro d’Europa, con montagne pittoresche: sono i più immediati e visibili elementi comuni del rapporto Svizzera-Slovacchia. Berna e Bratislava condividono scambi bilaterali positivi e regolari a livello economico, finanziario, politico e culturale. La cooperazione Svizzera-Slovacchia si è estesa negli anni e trova spazi anche nell’ambito dell’ONU, dei Balcani e della politica europea.Continua a leggere “Il rapporto Svizzera-Slovacchia, tra politica e cooperazione”
Slovak Interim PM Eduard Heger Quits OL’aNO Party
After weeks of speculations, Slovak interim PM Eduard Heger’s political future is set to be clearer now. On March 6th he announced he was quitting populist OĽaNO party and in a press conference yesterday he confirmed he is taking over Miroslav Kollár’s party “Blue Coalition” (former “Together Party”) which is being renamed the “Democrats”. “IContinua a leggere “Slovak Interim PM Eduard Heger Quits OL’aNO Party”
Slovak parties position themselves for early elections
Tension among Slovak parties is running high in the run-up to the September 2023 elections. According to Focus agency for TV Markiza, had a general election taken place in February, it would have been won by the extra-parliamentary Voice-SD and its leader Peter Pellegrini with 20.8 percent of the votes, ahead of the opposition Smer-SDContinua a leggere “Slovak parties position themselves for early elections”