My new Substack with occasional thoughts on democracy and autocracy in Central Europe https://open.substack.com/pub/drseanhanley/p/central-europe-small-countries-big?r=1m1g4u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
My new Substack with occasional thoughts on democracy and autocracy in Central Europe https://open.substack.com/pub/drseanhanley/p/central-europe-small-countries-big?r=1m1g4u&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
very fire
Rewriting Slovak Folk Traditions in Fraught Political Times
By Ján Solčáni
#Slovak #folk #political #sound
https://www.ctm-festival.de/magazine/rewriting-slovak-folk-traditions-in-fraught-political-times
https://www.europesays.com/1917350/ Slovakian tourist reported missing, found dead in Boracay #AbandonedResort #BoracayIsland #chapel #DarwinTapayan/DYRUSuperRadyoKalibo #FoundDeadInBoracay #MalayTown #ProvinceOfAklan #RiezyTenorio/GMASuperRadyoIloilo #Slovak #SlovakNational #slovakia #SlovakianTouristReportedMissing #Slovensko #Správy
Took a selfie with JS Mill and considered world-turned-upside-down. Good prep for 'Politics, Populism, Polarisation' panel @pavolszalai.bsky.social, Marketa Boubinová, Adriana Svítková & @timhaughton.bsky.social at the LSE Central European Conference Great discussion (h/t @bohdanakurylo.bsky.social). #centraleurope #Czech #Slovak #LSE #liberalism #populism
Slovak national found dead in Boracay, a popular beach destination in the Philippines. According to a report from the Western Visayas police, the victim was identified as Michaela Mickova, 23, who had been staying temporarily at a resort.
#Philippines #Asian #European #Slovak #Crime #Boracay #Visayas #Beach #Travel #Tourism #TootSEA @pinoy
https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/regions/2025/3/13/slovak-woman-found-dead-in-boracay-1053
I lost counting and keeping track but there's
#danish #swedish #norwegian #finnish #russian #polish #slovak #basque #catalan #bulgarian #hungarian #estonian #lithuanian #latvian #czech #turkish #swiss #viennese #slowanian #romanian #welsh #celtic #icelandic #irish #croatian #greek #albanian #serbocroatian #ukranian #belarussian #portugese #galic and #faroese
#Slovak Prime Minister Robert #Fico has stated that he may block the conclusions of the #EU summit on March 6 if they do not include a demand for an immediate #ceasefire and the resumption of #Russian #gas transit through #Ukraine. Meanwhile, #Orban insists on direct EU #negotiations with #russia
"Maybe if his country had a history of being invaded and occupied...oh wait!"
#Slovak Prime Minister #Robert_Fico says #Slovakia is "morally entitled" to halt the supply of gas to #Ukraine from #Europe:
"...the gas has been flowing through the reverse pipe to #Ukraine for several days. Gas, without which #Ukraine would freeze. #Slovakia plays no role in this. The suppliers are foreign companies. However, we are morally entitled to consider methods to stop
So it begins. Proto-fascist #Slovak government is trying to ban an opposition pro-Europe, pro-democratic political party, based on "evidence we have but cannot show you, you'll just have to trust us, guys".
https://www.europesays.com/1827774/ Slovakia resumes Russian gas imports via TurkStream – World #gas #Slovak #slovakia #Slovensko #Správy
Ukraine Daily summary - Tuesday, February 4 2025
Ukrainian drones strike 2 more major energy facilities in Russia -- Ukraine's laser technologies already hit certain objects -- Ukraine identifies soldier in severed head photo, documents Russian war -- UN monitors see 'alarming rise' in executions of Ukrainian POWs by Russia -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Tuesday,%20February%204%202025/
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Slovak Collaborators Turn Violent: Ukrainian refugee beaten to death in Bratislava, Slovakia - media reports (more) https://kyivindependent.com/ukrainian-citizen-beaten-to-death-in-bratislava-media-reports/ #Ukraine #NukesForUkraine #Mastodon #SouthKorea #Japan #OSCE #CoE #PACE #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #Slovakia #Slovak #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
Ukraine Daily summary - Friday, January 31 2025
Russia's Soviet-era military stockpile running low, faces equipment shortages -- Ukrainian defense tech company Huless raises over $1 million for tethered drone systems -- Georgescu has 'masters in Moscow' — Kyiv slams Romanian politician over comments on Ukraine's partition -- For Ukraine’s female partisans in occupation, hope lies in resistancehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20summary%20-%20Friday,%20January%2031%202025/
So, there's this known #Slovak #neonazi active for decades on various social network and spreading hate, #nazi symbolism, disinformation and calls for violence against minorities, who has been hiding from international arrest warrants in the UK for years.
Yesterday, he was flown in on a special government luxury airplane from UK to #Slovakia, and today a special criminal court released him, claiming that it's safe for him to be prosecuted out of jail.
I hate it here sometimes.
‘Enough of Fico’ — Slovaks flood the streets in nationwide anti-government protests
Protests erupted in more than 20 #Slovak cities on Jan. 24 under the slogan " #Slovakia is Europe," targeting the government of Prime Minister Robert #Fico, Slovak
Protesters chanted slogans like “Enough of Fico” and “We are #Europe,” expressing discontent with the prime minister’s policies and pro-Russian #rhetoric
https://kyivindependent.com/enough-of-fico-slovakia-sees-nationwide-protests-against-pm-government/
Protests under the slogan "#Slovakia is #Europe" are taking place in #Slovakia against the policies of the #Fico government
Several thousand people took part in protests in most of the #Slovak cities. In #Košice, for example, media outlets counted 15,000 participants.
It is also reported that in some cities, protests were announced under the slogan. "#Slovakia is not #Ukraine." About 40 people came to such a rally in #Bratislava.
#ukraine #putinisamasskiller #putinisawarcriminal @kardinal691
The letter also points out that #Fico's foreign policy initiatives contradict the policies of the #European_Union and #NATO, of which #Slovakia is still a member. They criticize his negative attitude towards #Ukraine and the #Ukrainian president, as well as his friendly relations with #Russian dictator #Putin.
A similar letter was published by the #Slovak Chamber of Psychologists.
#Slovak psychiatrists and psychologists demand #Robert_Fico's resignation
In #Slovakia, 264 specialists in psychology and psychiatry have addressed an open letter to Prime Minister #Robert_Fico, calling attention to his behaviour and demanding his resignation, writes Aktuality
Experts believe that #Fico's behaviour is increasingly characterized by a "strong authoritarian style, manipulation of facts, lies, slander and attacks on political opponents, journalists and ordinary citizens."