The European Committee on Culture has approved the European Parliament's position on a law that would prevent politicians from buying more than a 25 per cent stake in the media, which in the past would have prevented the Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš from owning the media. The act still needs to be approved by the full plenary of the European Parliament, after which negotiations with the member states will begin.

Robert Fico has called for the introduction of a two-week post-election moratorium to allow coalition talks to take place without media interference, which ARTICLE 19, an organisation for the media freedom protection, has criticised as "verging on the absurd".

One of the most dangerous targets of Russian disinformation are the global nuclear non-proliferation rules. They undermine trust in established norms and international frameworks. RYAN ARICK, from Atlantic Council think tank, explains what countries such as Slovakia can do to protect them.

Common European defence cooperation is becoming more interesting for more and more political parties. However, only PS, SaS and OĽaNO are now openly in favour of the continuation of its military aid to Ukraine. Support for NATO enlargement is also not unambiguous for the parties.