Anti-government protest takes place at Freedom square. Bratislava, Slovakia. 20 September 2019. Editorial credit: Ventura / Shutterstock.com

Slovakia

Slovakia’s parliamentary system features regular multiparty elections and peaceful transfers of power between rival parties. While civil liberties are generally protected, democratic institutions are hampered by entrenched discrimination against Roma and growing political hostility toward migrants and refugees. Political corruption remains a problem.

Volunteers clean up the rubbles from a destroyed residential building in Borodyanka. Following the recapture of Borodyanka by the Ukrainian forces, the city was heavily devastated and turned into ruins under intense fighting and shelling.

Nations in Transit — Slovakia Report

Slovakia is categorized as a Consolidated Democracy in the Nations in Transit 2023, Freedom House's annual study on the state of democracy in the region stretching from Central Europe to Central Asia.

Iranian people in Izmir protest the death of Mahsa Amini by the morality police in Iran.

Freedom in the World — Slovakia Country Report

Slovakia is rated Free in Freedom in the World 2023, Freedom House's annual study of political rights and civil liberties worldwide.