US strengthens ties with European populists in its offensive against the EU project
US State Secretary Marco Rubio visited Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Budapest ahead of elections in April, telling him: ‘Your success is our success’
Robert Fico’s attacker: A poet with past ties to an ultranationalist and pro-Russian group
According to local media, Juraj Cintula advocated creating armed militias against the arrival of ‘hundreds of thousands of migrants’ and showed contempt for the Roma minority in Slovakia. He also opposed ending aid for Ukraine
People form a human chain around Slovakia’s public broadcaster that government wants to take over
The takeover plan was drafted by Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová, who represents an ultra-nationalist member party of the coalition government and has worked for an internet television outlet known for spreading disinformation
Robert Fico, the populist who returned from political death in Slovakia
The nationalist and anti-Ukrainian rhetoric of the veteran politician is creating concern in the West, where there are fears that he could become the next Viktor Orbán within the EU and NATO
From allies to rivals: Grain crisis tests support of eastern EU members for Ukraine
Populist and far-right parties are capitalizing on the discontent and fatigue of their citizens in the middle of electoral periods in Slovakia and Poland
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