The first victim of a change in democracy to autocracy is culture (podcast)

A year and a half has passed since the leadership of the culture department has taken over Martina Šimkovičová. Since then, we have witnessed an avalanche of changes that has driven not only representatives of the Slovak cultural community into the streets, but also lifts abroad from the chairs.

However, the events are not unique in our country. We also observe tendencies at European level.

What experiences culture in Slovakia, how does its perception change abroad and how do politicians are also trying to dominate the art community beyond our borders?

Eva Frantová asks the former director of the Slovak National Theater and a member of the Platform Open Culture! Matej Drlička.

Sources of sounds: StablesTASR

A short report of messages

Four -member delegation of the Committee of the European Parliament for Civil Freedom, Justice and internal things arrive today, June 2, to Bratislava in order to assess the current state of democracy, the rule of law and compliance with fundamental rights in Slovakia. MEPs are planning to obtain up -to -date information about developments in these areas during a two -day mission.

A single judge of the Specialized Criminal Court in Pezinok freed the former Supreme Court President and ex -minister of justice Štefan Harabin under the indictment in the case of the approval of Russian aggression to Ukraine. The prosecuted act, according to Judge Ján Buval, is not a criminal offense. The indictment was filed for the offense of defamation of the nation, race and beliefs and the offense of approval of the crime. The court’s decision is not yet final. The prosecutor announced the appeal.

The only option seen by the opposition in the case of a case of private haciend funded through the Agricultural Paying Agency is the convening of an extraordinary meeting National Council. It is necessary to talk about this topic and at the same time it is necessary to come to some results. Agreed at a press conference representatives of the parties SaS., ‘ PS and KDH. Deputy Ján Hargaš of PS stressed that this is a huge injustice. Hargaš pointed out the state of infrastructure in Slovakia whose improvement in his words was not money, While the hacctions and private villas were found.

At least 110 608 Russian soldiers fell in the war against Ukraine, showed the analysis of the BBC. The Russian BBC service with an independent Mediazona server analyzes publicly available resources. The station noted that the actual losses are likely to be much higher than it is possible to find out from open sources.

Vladimir Putin will consider the summit with the green, Trump and Erdogan, Only if negotiations at a lower level bring results. The Kremlin also announced that today, 2 June, it will send its delegation to Istanbul, which will be ready for the second round of negotiations with Kiev. In Turkish The metropolis was held in May the first direct Russian-Ukrainian negotiations after more than three years of war.

Recommendation

Today my recommendation will be typical – for example, go to the theater and support Slovak actors. Even in these difficult times, they try to do a great job and deserve our support. Specifically, for example, a few days ago at DPOH, I experienced a performance Hitler’s president And I can only recommend.

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