Monika Martišková from CELSI debunks the myth that climate targets will destroy industry. Demand for digital skills will grow, while low-skilled positions will disappear.

Donald Trump, through a series of controversial security measures, is putting the EU in an increasingly difficult situation. The latest reports of a possible US attack on Venezuela would, according to the Americanist, also affect Europe – economically, but especially politically. “It would definitely bring further political fragmentation in Europe. For Trump, it would also be another opportunity to categorize states that are on his side and those that are not,” says Ján Hornát in an interview with EURACTIV Slovakia.

Increasingly, Western officials and intelligence agencies are warning of a possible Russian attack on Europe within five years. "The fact that intelligence services are making such a report public is very unusual. However, they are releasing it so that people can understand the situation we are in," says former caretaker Defence Minister, and now GLOBSEC analyst, Martin Sklenár.

Experiences from the previous programming period have provided several lessons. “We had too many evaluation criteria, including some subjective ones, which was not ideal,” says Michal Fiala, Director General of the Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency (SIEA), in a podcast.

As many as 37 percent of Slovaks do not exactly know what the European Green Deal means, even though they support renewable energy. Unlike Czechs, they are more open to climate measures, even if they feel economically threatened, says analyst Tomáš Chabada.