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Who is Robert Fico, the pro-Russian leader poised to head Slovakia’s coalition government?
02 Oct 2023 13:00 GMT
… have significant ramifications for Slovakia’s military support for … breakup of former Czechoslovakia.
He was Slovakia’s representative to … centre-right coalition over corruption allegations, and won again … like those seen in Hungary and Poland, leading to bitter …
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For Ukraine and for the EU, Slovakia’s election results offer much cause for concern
02 Oct 2023 14:07 GMT
… , who had reported on corruption among the country’s elite … unilateral Slovak military aid to Ukraine and to join Hungary in … . Pellegrini has previously suggested Slovakia “has nothing left to … —as alarming.
Whoever forms Slovakia’s next government, serious …
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Restoration project management group will undergo anti-corruption certification, will work on fee-based model – Nayyem
02 Oct 2023 13:26 GMT
… Management Group will undergo anti-corruption certification and will operate on … into five countries - Romania, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, Ukraine joined this instrument for … according to the international anti-corruption standard ISO 9001 has begun …
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Slovak elections: Hungary celebrates, EU switches to alert mode
02 Oct 2023 06:32 GMT
… Robert Fico in Slovakia’s elections pleased Budapest, which saw an … set to remain leader of Austria’s far-right in … EU aid bid, mismanagement, corruption allegations. The Maltese government is … meeting ahead of COP28;
Hungary: Prime Minister Viktor Orban …
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Slovakia is on the verge of rapprochement with Russia
02 Oct 2023 09:24 GMT
… complicated by opposition from Hungarian nationalist Prime Minister … also includes the Czech Republic and Poland) and unite the … European Council table. In Budapest, Prime Minister Orban hailed … describing the dozens of corruption convictions in recent years …
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Poland's dangerous eastern border takes center stage in upcoming elections
02 Oct 2023 09:22 GMT
… restaurant in Bialowieza, along Poland';s border with Belarus. … Justice — known inside of Poland as PiS — has constructed around … , or from a visa fraud scandal, threats to Poland';s ruling party are … to this report in Poland.
@npr Tensions are high on …
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Slovak's 'illiberal' Fico victory boosts Orban, but faces checks
02 Oct 2023 09:09 GMT
… ongoing fight against internal corruption.
The outcome of … s leadership, Slovakia might therefore join Hungary in opposing EU … political shift.
Younger Slovaks mostly abandoned old political … political force — Progressive Slovakia. That energy alone gives hope …
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Robert Fico, the populist who returned from political death in Slovakia
02 Oct 2023 08:41 GMT
… conservative governments of Poland and Hungary, the winner of the Slovak elections opposes … , where in addition to Hungary and Poland, the Czech Republic also sits.
The … well as government corruption scandals. The event shook Slovak society, which took …
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Peter Tkacenko: Slovakia after election – If not friend, certainly not enemy of Ukraine
02 Oct 2023 08:23 GMT
… were marked by notorious corruption, and a number of … in Brussels, not in Bratislava.
Slovakia has diversified its sources of … a cultural campaigner like Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, … New insights point to Hungary’s collaboration with Moscow on …
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Slovak election goes right down to the wire
02 Oct 2023 07:22 GMT
… perhaps the future of Central Europe.
The country’s … power, Slovak institutions are still more resilient than Hungarian ones … of power in Poland, then Bratislava and Warsaw “will work with … then he would side with Budapest and Warsaw,” Balogova predicts.
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