Albin Sybera

When @dennikN announced in mid‑February that it acquired @euobs, the news came as a surprise. It is an exceptional story that contrasts with MAGA‑aligned @ParamountPics taking over control of @wbd and the Polish liberal @tvn24. shorturl.at/b1e04

With @ASybera, we discussed the changing political climate in our country of #Czechia and the discourse, particularly on the civic space and the role of #NGOs. Unfortunately, this is happening before the GOV even took office. balkaninsight.com/2025/12/03/new… Via @BalkanInsight @AMO_cz

#Slovak #populist PM Fico could already be gearing up for early elections & his slamming of #EU in wake of #Russian gas phase-out + push to enshrine two genders in SK constitution are welcome topics to keep his electorate mobilized & in campaign mode visegradinsight.eu/politics-not-p…

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+SK parliament managed to pass a resolution against #EU sanctions on #Russia thanks to bodged attempt of opposition to boycott it, leaving even #Kremlin cheering #Slovak ministers unsure what to do about it - what’s so hard to understand about CZ&SK? 😎🍻 intellinews.com/slovak-parliam…

#Kafka-like week in former #Czechoslovakia comes to an end with an unprecedented scandal #bitcoin donation from a drug dealer to CZ justice ministry spreading to finance resort after its leader @Zbynek_Stanjura admits he knew about the fishy donation intellinews.com/czech-finance-…

Many thanks for comments @Pavel_Havlicek_ @jana_juzova @JitkaAdamcikova @OndrejKopecny and others! Also very grateful that after some time I managed to compile a text on Czech affairs where quoted females are a majority

Staffers at #Czech NGOs report increasing aggressive rhetoric against the sector as surge of #populist parties in Czech election campaign collides with cuts in #US-linked funding.

@realDonaldTrump already weakened popular support of his illiberal fans in #Czechia, #Slovakia or #Hungary with his tariffs Latest Media Freedom Poll shows that #CentralEuropeans also oppose Trumpist ideas of unregulated stream of hatred on social networks intellinews.com/central-europe…

How to defend democracy in Czechia and Slovakia? Join Eva Mihočková, @ASybera, and @GalanDall on April 1 at 3:00 PM CEST on Zoom! 🇸🇰🇨🇿 [LINK IN THE COMMENT]

My wrap up of the brewing #manipulation and #disinformation cocktail spilling over public media, EU and green policies ahead of the #CZ elections which could bring #populist #oligarch Andrej Babiš back to power @VisegradInsight

In another twist of irony it’s only #Czech voters of #communist-led Stačilo! list which unanimously back Trump administration’s decision to end the #USA military support of #Ukraine novinky.cz/clanek/domaci-…

#Slovak populist PM Fico shared a pic with Musk on his #Facebook whom he got to meet after using similar sweet talking strategies as when he begged for weeks for an invite to #Kremlin. With Elon it took only days of praising the dismantling of USAID

Amid Grenell’s & Musk’s calls to dismantle RFE/RL & VOA as “left wing radical” it felt almost forgotten that the broadcasters have long enjoyed the backing of GOP: I collected comments from former journalists reflecting on their past with RFE/RL & narratives disseminated by Musk

🇸🇰 #Fico’s government is escalating attacks on critics, discrediting civil society and legitimising extremist voices, writes Eva Mihočková. 📝 What can the EU do to counter #disinformation from domestic actors? Click to read ⤵️ visegradinsight.eu/slovak-pm-fico… @ASybera @MarcoNemethEN @mysliar #Slovakia

Slovakia’s pro #Kremlin PM Fico calls on his fellow social media #tech #nationalist Musk to share with him information about USAID activities in #Slovakia, building on his previous #conspiracies and allegations of “coup” against his fragmented government intellinews.com/slovak-populis…

🎙️ The Beginning of the End for Robert Fico? Click here to listen to our latest podcast ➡️ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vis… 🇸🇰 Joined by special guests @BalogovaBeata, Editor-in-Chief of SME Daily, and @rastokuzel, Executive Director at MEMO 98, this episode dives into the protests that swept across Slovakia last week and what to expect next. Is this the beginning of the end for Fico? @terenzanim @KandrikMatej @ASybera @MatejSimalcik @wprzybylski @staskaleta

Fico’s scaremongering talk of alleged “coup” in #Slovakia continues after he blames #Czech politicians & #media of meddling with Slovak affairs. While urging Trumpian-like constitutional changes Fico again embraces fellow populist Babis intellinews.com/pm-fico-politi…

Fico takes #Slovak political #discourse to uncharted waters in this century when he alleges a #coup is plotted against his government while it remains unclear whether he wields majority in parliament & country-wide anti-government #protests continue