The ‘rocking chair’ under the construction minister
[16.02.2009, Ľuba Lesná, NEWS]

“Corruption and cronyism in the use of EU funds are covered up and permitted by laws which are still too benevolent towards these phenomena; their legal framework does not push the public administration to act transparently enough,” Dušan Sloboda, an analyst of the Conservative Institute, said for The Slovak Spectator...

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New year brings uncertainty in schools
[15.09.2008, Ľuba Lesná, NEWS]

The Education Ministry might be talking optimistically about the launch of its new education reform, which is now coming into force with the arrival of the new academic year, but non-governmental organisations and the opposition say it has left schools in chaos...

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President won't address rights in China
[18.08.2008, Ľuba Lesná, NEWS]

President Ivan Gašparovič has decided not to bring up human rights with Chinese officials during his visit to the Summer Olympics in Beijing...

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Crucial reform, or just cosmetics?
[09.06.2008, Ľuba Lesná, NEWS]

Slovakia has long been in urgent need of a new education law: that much both experts and politicians can agree on. However, they still differ on the form the new legislation should take...

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Low marks for school reform
[25.03.2008, Ľuba Lesná, NEWS]

Zuzana Humajová, Conservative Institute analyst for the Slovak Spectator: "Our education system is burned out, and the central administration fails when coordinating individual segments."

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PM attacks retail chains over rising prices
[29.10.2007, Ľuba Lesná, NEWS]

"Attempts to regulate food prices in any way would mean a regression to the status quo before the November 1989 and the Velvet Revolution," Ondrej Dostál, head of the M. R. Štefánik Conservative Institute said...

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