Since his return to power in 2023, Prime Minister Robert Fico has implemented measures to exert control over the media in Slovakia. Since years, Fico expresses contempt for press freedom, frequently ...

Fico’s leadership is marked by increasingly authoritarian tendencies, including tight control over central institutions and a foreign policy that is strongly aligned with Russia and China.

Fico dismantled Slovakia’s public broadcaster and replaced it with a state-controlled institution, and he has promised to ban prominent media outlets from government offices. However, the ...

Prime Minister Robert Fico, leader of the strongest ruling party Smer, announced on Monday that he would suspend communication with four media outlets. In a press release, he named the private ...

The populist prime minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, was "fighting for his life" Wednesday after he was shot multiple times in an "attempted assassination," his party's officials said.

As Europe celebrated the European Parliament's landslide vote in favour of the European Media Freedom Act, which extends protections to journalists and the editorial independence of public ...

U.S.-based social media platforms remain the preferred platforms for authoritarian rulers who use social media to advance their political goals, both domestically and internationally. Their reliance ...