It's been nearly a year since Slovakia's hard-right minister for culture Martina Šimkovičová fired Matej Drlička from his ...

Slovakia's hard-right Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová dismissed the directors of the Slovak National Theatre and Slovak National Gallery last week. Thousands gathered in Bratislava on ...

In the crackdown of nationalist Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's government on culture and media, heads of major cultural institutions have been replaced.

Thousands of demonstrators have attended rallies in Slovakia's capital, Bratislava, to protest against the actions of the country’s right-wing nationalist culture minister, Martina Šimkovičová.

Speakers at the event included Martin Šmatlák, the rector of Bratislava’s Academy of Performing Arts, and the Slovak National Theatre actress Jana Kovalčiková, as well as representatives of ...

Leadership changes have affected major institutions such as the Slovak National Theatre, the Slovak Literary Centre and the Slovak National Museum, as well as a controversial reform of the public ...

Fired in bathrobe: Slovak cultural heads recall their dismissals Bratislava (AFP) – In the crackdown of nationalist Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's government on culture and media, heads of ...

Thousands gathered in Bratislava on Monday to protest the recent dismissals of the heads of a swathe of cultural institutions in Slovakia by the country's culture minister. Some 9,000 people ...