El primer ministro eslovaco permanece hospitalizado tras recibir un disparo a quemarropa. La situación eslovaca es ahora extremadamente peligrosa, y se necesita mucha cabeza fría para evitar una escalada de la tensión.
- Senior Lecturer in Czech Studies, University of Glasgow
The prime minister remains in hospital after being shot at close range.
The race was tighter than expected but the signs are not good for incumbent Andrej Babiš, especially with his ally in intensive care.
Death rates are low in the region but this has largely gone ignored.
A lurch to the right in central Europe runs into a familiar obstacle: the tricky maths of coalition.
He’s been charged with fraud and is under investigation by the EU, so how did this former finance minister become the most likely candidate for prime minister?
While the citizens of the capital protest against their president, everyone else hails him as their saviour.
The prime minister has claimed victory in the referendum, despite the low turnout.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has caught referendum fever. He is giving his public a vote on refugee policy in what is being seen as a two-fingered salute to the EU.
The UK’s decision to leave the European Union has baffled many in Poland, the Czech Republic and Romania, where nostalgia for life before the EU is virtually non-existent.
It might face an uphill battle for the world to adopt the proposed name change.
Mimicking fascists doesn’t help you win votes; it helps the fascists win votes.
He’s been a prime minister and a president but he’s best-known now for his xenophobic interventions.
Nobody is doing a great job, but three countries say they have no part to play in the refugee crisis.
The Czech police were condemned for writing numbers on refugees’ arms – but Central Europe’s problem with outsiders goes much deeper.
Anti-immigration protesters carried nooses through the streets of Prague as police stood by without acting.
With thousands dying in the Mediterranean, migrants and refugees have started coming to Europe by land. And countries in the East aren’t happy.
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