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1 – 10 of 24The poorly publicised law provides for an entirely new visa system, focused on streamlining guest-worker and skilled worker permits from third countries. It addresses an…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB285183
ISSN: 2633-304X
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PISA measures, internationally, 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. For the Visegrad Four (V4 -…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284467
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Incoming Prime Minister Robert Fico’s gradual adoption of nationalism, aversion to migration and conspiracy theories have jeopardised Slovakia’s reputation as a reliable partner…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283004
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SLOVAKIA: Populist is best placed to form government
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-ES282347
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The programme includes halting official military aid to Ukraine, as incoming Prime Minister Robert Fico promised during the election campaign. Recent elections in Central Europe…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283519
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As Russia has increased its anti-LGBT campaign at home and abroad, the neighbouring Baltic countries have opted to promote equality. However, right-wing populist parties across…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280316
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Slovakia is facing early general elections in September, with former Prime Minister Robert Fico’s Direction-Social Democracy (Smer-SD) hoping to regain power. Progressive Slovakia…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB280224
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Poland may have resolved its rule-of-law dispute with the EU, whereas part of Hungary’s ‘cohesion’ funds are frozen. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has driven a wedge between Poland…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274781
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The Visegrad Four (V4) -- Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia -- have been widely regarded as an economic success in post-transition European integration, global value-chain…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB275347
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Available second-quarter data indicate a shallower recession in most of the eleven eastern EU member states (EU-11) than the rest of the EU in January-June. This may be due to a…