Fico IV cabinet is pushing forward a financial consolidation plan based on raising taxes through a fast-track legislative process, avoiding public or parliamentary participation. This has caused controversy, especially among populist party supporters who were promised...

Not so long ago, July and August in Slovakia were known as the "cucumber season". The reason for this title was simple. The most exciting thing happening in public space was a harvest of cucumbers. Since the Fico IV administration has been in power, we had to skip the...

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...