Tag Archives: Igor Matovic

Prague, Czech Republic | AFP |  Masks and gloves will be the order of the day when the prime ministers of four ex-communist countries on Thursday hold  the first major face-to-face meeting of European leaders since the coronavirus crisis. The Czech, Hungarian, Polish and Slovak leaders are due to discuss the …

Bratislava, Slovakia | AFP |  A self-proclaimed “man of the people”, the 46-year-old media-savvy Igor Matovic propelled his centre-right anti-graft party to victory in Slovakia’s general election, beating the governing populists on a strident anti-graft platform. While supporters view him as a maverick with a knack for self-promotion, critics accuse Matovic of …