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Before the Velvet Revolution, Czechoslovakia was a socialist dictatorship ruled by the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, technically together with the coalition of the so-called National Front. Before the free democratic elections could take place after the revolution, a transitional government was created.
The Communist Party of Slovakia (Slovak: Komunistická strana Slovenska, KSS) is a communist party in Slovakia, formed in 1992 through the merger of the Communist Party of Slovakia – 91 and the Communist League of Slovakia.
Until 2007 it was named Democratic Party Slovakia. Dissolved in 2024. Democratic Union (Demokratická únia) - in the government between 1998 and 2002, now part of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union; Direct Democracy (Priama Demokracia) - founded in 2008. Until 2013 it was named New Slovak Alternative, Civic-Liberal Party. Dissolved in 2022.
Political experts and pro-democracy advocates in Europe also weighed in, warning of concerns around the future of democratic discourse across the continent. "Politicians & journalists are key ...
Opposition parties said on Tuesday they were initiating a no-confidence vote against Fico's leftist-nationalist government, accusing him of dragging the country's foreign policy closer to Russia ...
The prime minister, 59, was shot at five times at point-blank range in an attack that sent shockwaves through Europe and raised concerns over the polarised state of politics in Slovakia, a central ...
Democratic socialism; Ireland: People Before Profit Alliance (PBP) Socialism [citation needed] Trotskyism [32] Euroscepticism [33] Ireland: Solidarity: Socialism; Eco-socialism; Left-wing populism; Feminism; Italy: Communist Refoundation Party (PRC) Communism [34] Latvia: Socialist Party of Latvia (LSP) [citation needed] Communism [citation ...
There are three types of government systems in European politics: in a presidential system, the president is the head of state and the head of government; in a semi-presidential system, the president and the prime minister share a number of competences; finally, in a parliamentary republic, the president is a ceremonial figurehead who has few political competences.