euro|topics - Peter Morvay

: 1. Sme - Slovakia | 22/10/2008

Controversy over school textbook in Slovakia

The political representatives of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia will take to the streets if necessary to protest against a school textbook in which all ... » more

: 2. Sme - Slovakia | 04/09/2008

Is it all over for Gyurcsány?

Hungary's Prime Minister Ferenc Gyurcsány could be facing the end of his time in office. The head of government has made his political future conditional ... » more

: 3. Sme - Slovakia | 29/07/2008

The Islamisation of Turkey

The Turkish constitutional court yesterday began its consultations over a ban on the governing AKP party. The liberal newspaper Sme thinks the fears that the ... » more

: 4. Sme - Slovakia | 23/07/2008

Russian bombers on Cuba

Russia is considering deploying bombers to Cuba in response to the US missile defence shield in the Czech Republic and Poland. The liberal daily Sme ... » more

: 5. Sme - Slovakia | 25/06/2008

Why are the Czechs striking?

Around one million Czechs went on strike yesterday in protest against the government's reform policy. The liberal Slovakian newspaper Sme asks why Slovakia was ... » more

: 6. Sme - Slovakia | 12/03/2008

Poland successful in negotiations with Americans

The Czechs are looking enviously to Poland, whose prime minister, Donald Tusk, has persuaded US President George W. Bush to promise long-term aid to modernise ... » more

: 7. Sme - Slovakia | 19/12/2007

Tymoshenko is back as Ukrainain prime minister

Peter Morvay notes the problems facing the new Ukrainian prime minister: "The economic crisis in the country has deepened since her first stint in the ... » more

: 8. Sme - Slovakia | 17/12/2007

Slovaks want to get back together with the Czechs

According to a survey commissioned by the newspaper, fifteen years after their separation from the Czech Republic, the majority of Slovaks would like to see ... » more

: 9. Sme - Slovakia | 13/12/2007

Carla del Ponte leaves the Hague Tribunal

Chief UN War Crimes Prosecutor Carla del Ponte is ending her work with the International criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). On her departure ... » more

: 10. Sme - Slovakia | 07/12/2007

The EU and the independence of Kosovo

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has announced that Slovakia will not recognise a unilateral declaration of independence by the Kosovo-Albanians. Peter Morvay comments: "This stance ... » more