Verbal attacks on judges continue (Zeitgeist 5.)
Another month, another series of legislative and political actions in Slovakia raising concerns over democratic principles and judicial independence. The parliament's condemnation of an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico started a series of proposals...
Post-assassination Slovakia raises gloomy predictions (Zeitgeist 4.)
For a few days, there was hope that the horrible assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico might have led to a reconciliation of the polarized Slovak society. Although all political parties and civil society denounced violence, the reconciliation appeared to...
Slovak anti-NGO bill passed the first reading (Zeitgeist 3.)
The bill on foreign-sponsored organisations passed its first reading, the politician and controversial figure of the right-wing scene Štefan Harabin was nominated as a candidate for the Council of the Judiciary and Justice Minister Susko ordered lustration in the...