- Category: Podcast
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.
- Category: Podcast
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.
- Category: Podcast
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.
- Category: 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.
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For many years, the United Kingdom was the second most popular choice for Slovak students after the Czech Republic when deciding to study abroad. Hundreds of Slovaks still study there today, but since Brexit, tuition and living costs have risen significantly, along with increased competition for places, says student mobility expert Patrick Obdrzalek.
