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Matišák, Andrej
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3 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Syria more complex than Libya
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad ordered tanks to be deployed against demonstrators at the start of the week. The West is perplexed over how to react to the violence, writes the leftist daily Pravda: "The government in Syria will hold out for as long as it has an army at its disposal that is ready to shoot at protesters. Assad will not give up so easily. And he has no reason to, in part because no one would approve a military operation of the likes we're seeing in Libya. For reasons of security policy the country is considerably more complicated than Libya. In addition there are the interests of Iran, Israel and the Arab states to be considered. ... Calls by the UN to stop the violence are necessary but not really effective. Sanctions could put pressure on the dictatorship but no doubt only the West would vote for them, not China or Russia. Even if it's frustrating that words change nothing we must not fall silent. Because the regime in Syria long ago transgressed all boundaries."
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More from the press review on the subject » Security Policy / Crises / War, » Domestic Policy, » Unrest / Riots, » Global, » Syria
Open debate urgently needed
The issue of cohabitation with immigrants must be addressed urgently, writes the left-leaning daily Pravda with an eye to events in Germany: "Some of the immigrants are sought-after qualified workers, others are a burden on the social system. They all bring with them not only rich traditions but also habits that engender distrust. Consequently immigrants are both an advantage and a source of problems. ... If politicians fail to react to society's fears of immigrants out of a fear of being labelled racist, they're doing the genuine racists a service. ... With her comment that multiculturalism has failed, Angela Merkel has started a debate that Slovakians must also not avoid, even if we still have little experience with immigrants."
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More from the press review on the subject » Religion, » Migration, » Integration, » Weltanschauung, » Germany, » Slovakia, » Europe
A prize without consequences
The fact that the dissident Liu Xiaobo has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize won't change much, the leftist daily Pravda writes: "When the Dalai Lama won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 China was a different country. Only afterwards were the protests at Tiananmen Square bloodily quashed. The country was at the beginning of its economic reforms. Today's China is on the way to becoming the strongest power in the world and is already an important trade partner for the advanced countries. … The prize raises Liu Xiaobo's political status. It will be good for him that part of the world is now demanding his release. Less positive is that it will hardly be achieved. Most of the politicians who are reprimanding China for his imprisonment today will soon be shaking the hands of the Chinese leaders. This is the way of the world."
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More from the press review on the subject » International Relations, » Human rights, » Politics, » Global, » China
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