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In Russia’s shadow, populists rise before the Latvian elections

Before the elections pro-Russia's politicians spread anti-Latvian propaganda

Every European election these days starts with the same two questions. The first is obvious: who is going to win and form the government? And will Russia interfere as it did in the US presidential election?

VSquare

03.10.2018

Vladimir Putin with the Night Wolves (including Alexander Zaldostanov), 2012; source: http://putin.kremlin.ru/

Dolna Krupa – a village near Trnava in Slovakia (about 60 kilometers from Bratislava) got into direct spotlight during this summer because of its new inhabitants. Pro-Putin motorcycle club the Night Wolves with their European “franchise” came to reside there in an old farm. They painted the buildings into camouflage colors, put up barbed wire […]

VSquare

24.09.2018

It turns out that the Trump and Nixon White House are not that much different. Neither is their hatred towards journalists, says Len Downie Jr., former executive editor of The Washington Post. We sat down with him to talk about the evolution of investigative journalism.

Szabolcs Panyi

05.09.2018

The Polish ruling party is close to take control over the Supreme Court. This will give the opportunity to change the sentences of the last 20 years, to punish independent judges and the media and to decide on the validity of the elections

VSquare

15.08.2018

The High Tatras. Photo by Gilberto Parada on Unsplash

original reporting by Pavla Holcova, edited for VSquare by Eva Kubániová The town of Poprad – a gateway to the region of the High Tatras in northern Slovakia – has been attracting the Italian underworld for many years. In March 2017 we went with Ján Kuciak to the most popular Slovak mountains to find out what lied […]