Slovak Republic

Increasingly, attacks on civil society and independent media have become normalized throughout central Europe, threatening the future of democracy in the region.

Pope Francis' decentralized approach to church decision-making means he's unlikely to criticize Central Europe's migration policies.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is often compared to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, but in Slovakia, which had largely shaken its illiberal past, the...

The new democracies of Latin America and Eastern Europe are grappling with their dictatorial pasts -- deciding whether to purge the old regimes' officials, hold...

In Central Europe the greatest threat to democracy comes not from the nationalists but from the better-organized former communist parties. Encouraging Western-style...

For the first time since the Communist take-over in Czechoslovakia, liberalizing forces are emerging and making headway. In 1963, ten years after Stalin's death,...