Amid the continuing and often controversial evolution of media ownership structures in the Visegrád region, several high-profile Slovak properties are now up for sale. The changes look poised to alter the public sphere in Slovakia – for better or worse – for years to come. Reflecting a prevailing trend throughout much of Central and Eastern Europe, […]

Lesen Sie diesen Artikel auf Deutsch Amid signs that public media in neighbouring Poland and Hungary increasingly serve as the promotional arm of their respective governments, recent changes to the leadership of Radio Television Slovakia (RTVS) are prompting concerns that things could take a turn for the worse here, too. In the wake of a […]

Read this article in English Vor dem Hintergrund der Tatsache, dass öffentliche Medien in den Nachbarstaaten Polen und Ungarn zunehmend als verlängerter Arm der jeweiligen Regierungen fungieren, geben auch kürzliche Änderungen in der Leitung des Senders Radio Television Slovakia (RTVS) Anlass zur Sorge, dass sich die Dinge auch hier zum Schlechten wenden könnten. Infolge eines […]

Progressive recent court rulings in Slovakia have helped to limit excessive protection granted to public officials in civil defamation trials, a new analysis released today by the International Press Institute (IPI) suggests. Media watchdogs, including IPI’s Slovak National Committee, had in previous years raised alarm about the propensity of high-level political figures and judges to […]