Slovakia

  • Sep 17, 2015
  • 7 min read

EU East-West migrant split will have lasting impact

The EU's Greek and migrant crises expose many of the same weaknesses facing the bloc

EU
  • Sep 7, 2015
  • 2 min read

Migrants will open EU east/west rift

Governments already struggling with far-right anti-Roma prejudice will be reluctant to admit Middle Eastern migrants

Europe
  • Sep 3, 2015
  • 2 min read

German clout to count in EU migrant policy battles

Germany has been making clear for months that it wants its EU partners to take a greater share of the migrant influx

EU
  • Jul 21, 2015
  • 7 min read

Foreign-exchange risk dogs Central Europe

Greece contagion fades but debt crisis has different implications for V4 than previous crisis in 2012

Europe
  • Jun 3, 2015
  • 2 min read

Slovakia is unlikely to fulfil Russia's sanction aims

Upgrading Slovakia's S-300s will be welcomed but Moscow's desire for Bratislava to block sanctions will fall short

Russia
  • Jun 2, 2015
  • 7 min read

EU is likely to renew Russia sanctions

The EU can agree on linking economic sanctions against Russia to implementation of the Minsk 2.0 accords on Ukraine

EU
  • Apr 13, 2015
  • 7 min read

Slovakia will not change export-led model overnight

Rebalancing the economic model away from the external sector towards the demand side will not occur before 2016

Slovakia
  • Dec 29, 2014
  • 11 min read

Central Europeans' political discontent creates risks

Visegrad citizens are relatively satisfied with their own personal situation, but are critical of their societies

EU