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 ...

A number of factors have combined to cast a shadow over India’s democracy and its media landscape, N. Ram, former Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu, said on Wednesday (May 28, 2025), listing troubling ...

President Vučić, continues to function as a “spin dictator,” (authoritarian ruler that allows some democratic expression while overwhelmingly suppressing dissent), while the media continue to focus on ...

It lies in decades of authoritarian media control, opaque ownership structures, and legal harassment and intimidation. CIJ pressed for the review and overhaul of laws that are often weaponized against ...

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 ...

In an apparent bid to distance himself from the increasingly authoritarian prime minister, the president in mid-April launched a barrage of criticism directed at Fico personally, his shaky ...

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 ...

Since Robert Fico’s return to power in 2023, Slovakia has witnessed the erosion of the rule of law and the reshaping of state institutions. His ruling coalition comprises Smer, Hlas (Voice—the party ...

The reelection of Donald Trump, perhaps more than any other event in modern history, has thrust authoritarianism into the spotlight. From media pundits to conversations held in coffee shops ...

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. By Jay Rumas Updated March 24, 2025, 3 ...

Under his increasingly authoritarian drift, Fico’s three-party coalition government, which is led by Smer and supported by the left-wing populist Hlas party and the nationalist Slovak National ...