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  • Tuesday, 23 February, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Central Europe braced for third wave of coronavirus

    Czech Republic warns health service may require help from EU states as deaths surge in Slovakia

  • Tuesday, 10 November, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Slovakia’s mass coronavirus testing finds 57,500 new cases

    High participation in landmark screening programme identifies previously unknown hotspots

  • Friday, 30 October, 2020
    News in-depthCoronavirus treatment
    Slovakia prepares to test entire population for coronavirus

    Everyone aged over 10 asked to take part as authorities try to slow pandemic

  • Tuesday, 13 October, 2020
    Leader of Slovak far-right party sentenced to jail

    Marian Kotleba receives 4-year prison term after making neo-Nazi reference

  • Sunday, 11 October, 2020
    Interview
    Europe must be tougher on rule of law, says Slovak president

    Zuzana Caputova warns EU risks becoming ‘hostage’ to authoritarian member states

  • Sunday, 4 October, 2020
    News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
    Central Europe struggles in second Covid surge after earlier success

    Strict lockdowns helped region handle spring crisis better than western Europe, but now the number of cases is rising

  • Thursday, 3 September, 2020
    Slovak court clears businessman of ordering investigative reporter’s murder

    Acquittal verdict in killings of Jan Kuciak and his fiancée leaves country’s president ‘shocked’

  • Thursday, 30 April, 2020
    News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
    How central and eastern Europe contained coronavirus

    Swift action and mandatory masks contributed to lower death toll than elsewhere on continent

  • Wednesday, 25 March, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Slovakia to track coronavirus victims through telecoms data

    Parliament passes law as Europe weighs right to privacy against moves to contain outbreak

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  • Friday, 13 March, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Denmark, Poland and Czechs seal borders over coronavirus

    EU states risk economic damage and shrug off Brussels warning against bans

  • Thursday, 12 March, 2020
    Coronavirus pandemic
    More than 190m Europeans face life under coronavirus controls

    Governments from Italy and Spain to Poland and Slovakia rush to curb people’s movement

  • Monday, 2 March, 2020
    Maverick millionaire shakes up Slovakian politics

    Igor Matovic’s Ordinary People party storms to victory on anti-corruption mandate

  • Sunday, 1 March, 2020
    Anti-corruption party surges to victory in Slovakia elections

    Igor Matovic capitalises on outrage over murder of journalist

  • Thursday, 27 February, 2020
    Slovakia’s liberal parties target populists in elections

    Polls suggest Smer party could be ousted after 14 years in power if opposition agree alliance

  • Wednesday, 18 December, 2019
    Anger swells in Slovakia ahead of trial over journalist’s murder

    Revelations about links between business people and politicians spur anger at country’s elite

  • Monday, 16 December, 2019
    EU eastern tensions
    Liberal mayors from Visegrad Four unite to defy own governments

    Prague, Warsaw, Budapest and Bratislava seek direct funds from Brussels

  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    EU economy
    Central Europe braces for effects of German slowdown

    Supply chains at risk as carmaking sector that has led growth goes into reverse

  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2019
    Tony Barber
    Tides of illiberalism ebb in eastern Europe

    Popular mobilisation in defence of the rule of law deserves western support

  • Friday, 26 July, 2019
    Corporate bonds
    Rally propels Czech gas pipeline to record bond deal

    EP Infrastructure borrows at slender yield reflecting runaway bond markets

  • Thursday, 30 May, 2019
    News in-depthEM Squared
    ‘Grim’ eastern European demographics tipped to sap growth Premium

    Banks and real estate among sectors expected to be exposed by declining labour force

  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2019
    European Parliament elections
    Slovakians snub European polls despite economic boon

    Country’s apathy felt throughout central Europe three decades after the fall of Berlin wall

  • Monday, 15 April, 2019
    European Parliament
    Central Europe’s liberals prepare to halt populist advance

    Zuzana Caputova’s Slovakia victory heartens region’s progressive politicians

  • Tuesday, 9 April, 2019
    Slovakia’s ruling Smer party appoints new finance minister

    Ladislav Kamenicky to take role as Peter Kazimir leaves to run the central bank

  • Monday, 1 April, 2019
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Slovakia offers a ray of hope in central Europe

    Zuzana Caputova’s election is a victory for liberalism in a populist age

  • Sunday, 31 March, 2019
    Eastern Europe
    Anti-corruption lawyer elected Slovakian president

    Zuzana Caputova propelled to power by public anger at murder of investigative journalist

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