Slovakia
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Floods in central Europe: Threatened?
6 June 201369 1 NRC Handelsblad Amsterdam -
Slovakia: Crisis hones the art of belt-tightening
6 May 201337 1PresseuropPravda -
Slovakia: ‘Slovakia is a world power in automobile production’
2 April 201364 48PresseuropPravda -
Poland: ‘Slovaks have a run-in with us’
27 March 201342 23PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Slovakia: ‘Cyprus taxes take our millions. That is going to stop’
19 March 201338PresseuropPravda -
Central Europe: Merkel and Hollande join Visegrad Group
7 March 201385 22PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza, Pravda -
Slovakia: ‘Fico: Minorities are holding us to ransom’
27 February 201392 31PresseuropSME -
Slovakia: ‘We can favour the Roma’
22 February 201325PresseuropSME -
Slovakia: ‘Government tempted by Košice’s uranium’
1 February 201330 2PresseuropSME -
Slovakia: A sigh for Košice
18 January 2013117 4 Lidové noviny Prague -
Slovakia: ‘President’s movements remain secret’
18 January 201321PresseuropSME -
The front page: 10 January 2013
10 January 201315PresseuropNRC Handelsblad, Dnevnik , SME & 4 others -
Czech Republic-Slovakia: The happy Czechoslovakia that could have been
7 January 2013154 165 Respekt Prague -
The front page: 4 January 2013
4 January 201320PresseuropTa Nea, i, Hospodářské Noviny & 4 others -
Slovakia: Being an export champion is a poisoned chalice
20 December 201245 2PresseuropPravda -
Czech Republic: Vaclav Havel, an icon under fire
18 December 2012115 13 Respekt Prague -
Central Europe: Where has the region’s solidarity gone?
13 December 201281 4 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
The front page: 10 December 2012
10 December 201224PresseuropDe Standaard, Frankfurter Rundschau, La Libre Belgique & 4 others -
Nobel Peace prize: Czechs and Slovaks snub EU’s Nobel ceremony
3 December 201258 5PresseuropMladá Fronta DNES, Lidové noviny , SME -
The front page: 27 November 2012
27 November 2012PresseuropTa Nea, La Vanguardia, Financial Times & 4 others -
Justice: The crooked judges of Slovakia
19 November 2012270 2 Respekt Prague -
The front page: 9 November 2012
9 November 201212PresseuropLa Vanguardia, Hospodářské Noviny, Frankfurter Rundschau & 4 others -
Senior citizens: Granny lives in Slovakia now
31 October 201293 31 Welt am Sonntag Berlin -
Hungary: Orbán’s land war with EU
30 October 2012121 9 Le Monde Paris -
The front page: 30 October 2012
30 October 201220 1PresseuropDe Volkskrant, La Repubblica, Handelsblatt & 5 others -
Car industry: China and Japan spat provides work for Slovaks
9 October 201237 3PresseuropPravda -
The front page: 3 October 2012
3 October 201221PresseuropLa Vanguardia, I Kathimerini, Libération & 4 others -
The front page: 28 September 2012
28 September 201215PresseuropABC, Les Echos, Rzeczpospolita & 4 others -
Czech Republic: Alcohol lock down after wave of adulterated liquor deaths
17 September 2012215 3PresseuropMladá Fronta DNES, Lidové noviny , SME -
Central and eastern Europe: Oil, industry, energy — the keys to success
5 September 201248 1PresseuropHospodářské Noviny -
The front page: 14 August 2012
14 August 201213PresseuropDagbladet, Dziennik Gazeta Prawna, La Repubblica & 4 others -
Central Europe: Government policies push firms to tax havens
9 August 201253 5PresseuropSME, Hospodářské Noviny -
Slovakia: Tainted by corruption in Bratislava, in charge of privatisation in Athens
7 August 2012107 6PresseuropSME, The Slovak Spectator -
The front page: 31 July 2012
31 July 2012PresseuropLa Razón, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Adevărul & 4 others -
The front page: 30 July 2012
30 July 2012PresseuropRomânia libera, Les Echos, Die Welt & 4 others -
The front page: 27 July 2012
27 July 2012PresseuropABC, The Daily Telegraph, De Standaard & 4 others -
Enlargement: Slovenia threatens to scupper Croatian accession
26 July 201245 2PresseuropSME -
Slovakia: No separation of church and state
23 July 201234 5PresseuropPravda -
The front page: 20 July 2012
20 July 2012PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, La Libre Belgique, The Irish Times & 4 others -
Former Czechoslovakia: Crossed destinies of the velvet divorcees
17 July 2012114 10 Respekt Prague -
The front page: 3 July 2012
3 July 201227PresseuropLes Echos, Die Tageszeitung, Politis & 4 others -
Ways out of the crisis (1/3): Slovakia — the Lord helps those who help themselves
26 June 201277 15 SME Bratislava -
The front page: 20 June 2012
20 June 201225PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet, Financial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland & 5 others -
Press: Minority languages getting their voices heard
14 June 2012230 1 Hufvudstadsbladet Helsinki -
The front page: 29 May 2012
29 May 201228PresseuropEl Mundo, Dagens Nyheter, Jurnalul Naţional & 4 others -
The front page: 2 May 2012
2 May 201226PresseuropRzeczpospolita, Danas, Evenimentul zilei & 4 others -
The front page: 30 April 2012
30 April 201224PresseuropBerliner Zeitung, El Periódico de Catalunya, Jornal de Negócios & 4 others -
Roma: Bleak horizon
6 April 2012462 11 MO* Bruxelles -
The front page: 5 April 2012
5 April 201225PresseuropEl Periódico de Catalunya, SME, Die Presse & 4 others -
Central Europe: Fortunately, we still have strudel
4 April 2012198 4 Ekonom Prague
Košice this year shares with Marseille the title of European Capital of Culture (ECOC). An acronym that Slovaks shorten to "Ehmk" and which sounds more like a sigh than a top class cultural event, notes a Slovak music critic. 
Twenty years ago, Czechoslovakia split in two new countries. If the Czech Republic and Slovakia had stayed together and transformed the impoverished former nation into a multi-ethnic country, both societies would be more democratic today, argues a dual-nationality columnist. 
A year after the death of the former president, his political outlook on civil society is being challenged by his successor, Václav Klaus. But for weekly news magazine Respekt, these attacks underscore why Havel's legacy will always remain a battleground. 
Exactly 10 years ago, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were given the right to enter the EU. But despite close economic ties and a sense of shared destiny, different political developments prevent them from having real weight in the Union. 
Almost a year after the so-called “Gorilla” file lifted the lid on corruption in Slovakia, a new documentary reveals a Slovak judiciary controlled by a clique of unscrupulous judges ready to thwart those who resist them. Its director, Zuzana Piussi now faces up to two years in prison. 
Germany is getting greyer every year. But the country has a shortfall of trained nurses for pensioners, and care homes are expensive. Those outside Germany are much cheaper – and German families are sending their seniors into them. 
Currently reserved for Hungarians, farmlands will be available for purchase by foreigners from 2014. But as this EU imposed deadline looms, PM Viktor Orbán government is doing all it can to delay it. Meanwhile small farmers are battling with wealthy candidates, often close to sources of political power, for the most attractive lots. 
On 17 July 1992, the Slovak parliament proclaimed the sovereignty of the Slovak republic, paving the way for the split-up of Czechoslovakia. Twenty years on, the Slovaks have overcome their demons and adapted to Europe. For the Czechs, an examination of the national conscience has yet to be done. 
The current soap opera is far from being wrapped up by the bailout for Spain. We’re only at the 44th episode, and the main character of the whole series – Italy – has so far only been flitting furtively through the background. 
On a continent where linguistic issues can still cause national strife, minority media play an under-publicised but important role. 
In spite of the efforts made by NGOs and the distribution of EU funds, Europe’s main minority is no better off than it was 10 years ago. A lack of appropriate supervision in Brussels, the corruption of local leaders and the indifference of national governments are at the root of the problem. 
In the wake of the fall of communism, in 1991, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest and Bratislava formed the ' Visegrád' Group. Inspired by a 14th Century alliance of the same countries aimed at fostering trade with Western Europe, the modern Visegrád Group's objective is to foster integration into Western Europe and to give the group political heft. But some twenty years later, each country appears to be following a different piper. - 1 of 4
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