Articles tagged with: Slovakia
Trump’s oil ultimatum squeezes EU holdouts, but tightens US grip
16 Sep 25 Foreign & Security Policy
Trump’s oil ultimatum squeezes EU holdouts, but tightens US grip
Donald Trump has tied “major sanctions” on Moscow to a NATO-wide halt in Russian oil, pressuring Hungary and Slovakia. But with sanctions stalled and US exports waiting, Brussels risks swapping one dependency for another.
Folk art and Soviet-style purges: How Europe’s populists are hijacking arts and culture
02 Jul 25 Member States
Folk art and Soviet-style purges: How Europe’s populists are hijacking arts and culture
Across the EU, far-right and populist governments are defunding museums, censoring artists and stacking cultural institutions with loyalists, often to advance a political ideology.
Q&A: Political violence in Europe ‘is a gigantic challenge for our democracy’
27 May 24 EU Institutions
Q&A: Political violence in Europe ‘is a gigantic challenge for our democracy’
In the wake of the assassination attempt on Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, Prof. Stefan Ernst Marschall unpacks the root causes of an increasingly charged political environment – and the implications for European democracy.