Slovakia

Slovak Media at a Chokehold but Resilient

The capture of RTVS represents a direct assault on media freedom

We urge EU institutions and other international bodies to utilise their powers to safeguard media freedom in Slovakia.

Freedom Lecture 2023: Free and Fair Elections in Digital Times

The Freedom Lecture 2023 focused on global challenges to democracy, the importance of transatlantic partnership, Slovakia's democratic struggles, impact of ICT on elections and vulnerability to foreign interference.

Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges: How Slovak Media Empowers Ukrainian Refugees

Media hold the means to counter suspicion, fear and social stigmas. MEMO 98 partners with Slovak media to give voice to Ukrainians and to achieve greater diversity within refugee-related media coverage.

VIDEO-SHARING PLATFORMS AND THE FUTURE OF THE CONTENT REGULATION

The webinar on video-sharing platforms and the future of content regulation took place on June 2020 via Zoom application, and was organised by the Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission (Slovak Media Authority) and MEMO98.

NOVINÁRSKA CENA 2021 [Ocenenia]

Novinári v roku 2021 ďalej vytrvalo hľadali pravdu, odhaľovali netransparentné procesy a spoločensky závažné kauzy, vyvracali hoaxy a dezinformácie a vysvetľovali problémy s inklúziou v našej spoločnosti.

DO NOT GAMBLE WITH THE SECURITY OF SLOVAKIA

"Our security cannot be the subject of partisan calculations," analysts warn in an open letter.

INTERNEWS JOURNALIST SECURITY FELLOWSHIP

Are you interested in journalists’ digital security and you come from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, or Slovenia? Then this is the ideal program for you! Apply for the Internews Journalist Security Fellowship!

THREE FINDINGS FROM THREE COUNTRIES

We monitored social media platforms to determine their impact on the recent elections in Belarus, Moldova and Kyrgyzstan. Check interviews with three experts to learn what were the three main findings in each country.

CANDIDATES AND PARTIES IN TV NEWS - PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS 2020

SNS party was the most presented party on RTVS - SNS party received almost 25 % of the coverage on TA3 - Investigation of the murder of Jan Kuciak and his fiancée was a dominant topic - Televised debates on RTVS and TA3 featured mainly SMER-SD and SNS

COVID-19-RELATED DISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AND WAYS TO TACKLE IT

MEMO 98 and the Slovak media regulator organized a webinar on 14 April at the participation of Google, Facebook, Twitter, Access Now, members of ERGA, representatives of the European Commission, experts on disinformation, journalists, academia, interested

THE MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE 2020 SLOVAK PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS

The main purpose of the monitoring was to determine if voters had ample information to make qualified choices at the ballot box and whether this information was sufficiently diverse, balanced, and of adequate quality. Since we wanted to have the most prec