A conflict-ridden relationship

Christoph Thanei, for many years correspondent for the German news agency dpa and the Viennesse daily Die Presse in Bratislava, comments in an interview with the liberal newspaper Sme on the conflict-ridden relationship between Slovakia's media and the social democratic government of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico: "Neither Fico treats Slovak journalists fairly nor do they treat him fairly. What I like to read in Slovak newspapers is information and commentaries about politics. But increasingly I am forced to read between the critical lines to find out what is actually happening and what is merely being written. It seems to me that the battle against certain types of politician has already gone too far."

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