Peter Morvay
A specialist in Czech and Hungarian issues, Peter Morvay has been a commentator at Slovak daily SME since 2003. He previously wrote for several Czech newspapers and worked for two at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Prague.
Updated: 2 June 2009
Asserting national values is central to the political project of the Hungarian PM. Since the start of the year, fifteen paintings, specially commissioned for an exhibition in the Castle of Buda, have been putting this ambition on show. 
Having rejected an expanded rescue fund for the eurozone, the Slovak parliament has jeopardised the EU response to the crisis. Seen from Bratislava, this vote is also a threat to the relatively new status enjoyed by the country in recent years. 
While determined to bring at end to Muammar Gaddafi's violence against the Libyan people, Europe has been largely silent about the terror exacted by the Basher Al Assad regime in Syria. And the sanctions against his regime announced on the 10 May are further proof of Europe's powerlessness. 
Will the archbishop of Bratislava be forced to disclose his links with the communist secret police? In the wake of revelations in the press, Slovakians are about to lift a veil of secrecy on the troubled past of the Catholic hierarchy.