A man has gone on trial for last year’s attempted assassination of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico ...

Since his return to power in 2023, Prime Minister Robert Fico has implemented measures to exert control over the media in Slovakia. Since years, Fico expresses contempt for press freedom, frequently ...

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In Slovakia, Prime Minister Robert Fico claims the protests are backed by foreign actors, including the Ukrainian intelligence service and the Georgian Legion, linking demonstrations to the Maidan ...

Media groups and human rights advocates across Southeast Asia marked World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) by highlighting the threats t0 free speech in their respective countries. This year’s WPFD theme, ...

The mainstream American news media have failed as an institution to properly confront the country’s worsening democracy crisis in the Age of Trump. He is America’s first elected autocrat. His ...

Although analysts remain dubious about Pellegrini’s motivation to distance himself from the government, they admit it’s surprising the president has taken the major step of confronting his ...

On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: A quick Google search reveals many articles, commentaries, social media posts, and scholarly debates on whether or not America is sliding into an ...

Fico’s leadership is marked by increasingly authoritarian tendencies, including tight control over central institutions and a foreign policy that is strongly aligned with Russia and China. Civil ...

From media pundits to conversations held in coffee shops, people are talking about authoritarian leaders. And for good reasons.

IDEAS What the Democrats can learn from Slovakia The country’s opposition party is fighting to slow down its own would-be authoritarian. And it is winning.

Slovakia at 'critical crossroads' as months of protest threaten pro-Moscow Fico People take part in an anti-government protest on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, in Bratislava, Slovakia.