Proliferation of Russian-Style Foreign Agents Laws: A Tool for Repression in Civil Society – Friends of Slovakia’s Chair Martina Hrvolová Among Panelists
On June 20th, 2024, the U.S. Helsinki Commission held a briefing to address the proliferation of Russian-style foreign agent laws, a concerning trend that has spread to several countries beyond Russia. Originally implemented by Russia in 2012, the foreign agents law has been utilized as a tool to suppress independent civil society and opposition voices, […]
FOS Congratulates SASW On Its 35th Anniversary
Friends of Slovakia (FOS) proudly congratulates the Slovak American Society of Washington, D.C. (SASW) on celebrating its 35th anniversary. SASW was founded in the summer of 1989, a time of tremendous political and social change in Central Europe. Its earliest activities took place against the backdrop of popular protests against the communist governments in Poland, […]
Beata Balogová Joins the Board of the European Press Prize
Beata Balogová, editor-in-chief of Slovakia’s SME, recipient of the 2020 European Press Prize Opinion Award, and keynote speaker of the 2021 Annual Freedom Lecture, has been selected to join the Board of the European Press Prize on October 14, 2024.
Join Friends of Slovakia for the 2024 Annual Freedom Lecture: A Conversation on the Future – Energy, Change, Innovation, and Democracy
Since its inception in 2000, the Annual Freedom Lecture has become a prestigious forum dedicated to exploring the journey of the Czech and Slovak republics toward freedom, security, the rule of law, and a market economy. Organized by Friends of Slovakia, American Friends of the Czech Republic, and the Embassies of the Slovak and Czech […]
Miroslav Bárta and Otakar Foltýn
On November 14, 2024, the Hudson Institute, in partnership with the Friends of Slovakia, American Friends of the Czech Republic (AFOCR) and the Embassies of the Czech and Slovak Republics, hosted the 25th annual Czech and Slovak Freedom Lecture. Titled “The Future: On Energy, Change, Innovation, and Democracy,” the lecture featured Senator Miroslav Bárta, a […]