I am a person who sees into the power, political, and media games that the average person in Slovakia has never even dreamed of.
I would like to share with you some unique information about Slovakia that probably only the secret services know.
I am a person who has experienced a whole series of very interesting synchronicities in my life, and I have met very interesting contacts as an anti-corruption activist.
After the Czech Republic, Slovakia is probably the most severely tested country in Europe.
The media has the greatest power.
Don't believe everything that is written in the Slovak media. The media unnecessarily divides and polarizes society. There is no lesser evil between alternative and mainstream media. They all lie, spread hatred and divide society.
Slovakia is perhaps the most divided society.
In Slovakia, we probably have the most anti-government media in the world, which is a truly unique phenomenon. 20% is factual criticism of the government, and 80% is boundless hate. Even positive reforms and government actions are portrayed in the media as if the government were trying to harm people. Of course, the Czech media hyperbolize negative news about the government from Slovak media 10 times more propagandistically.
Why do the media in Slovakia divide society? What are their motivations?
In Slovakia, there is no such thing as investigative journalism. What pretends to be investigative journalism is not investigative journalism. I have had very bad experiences with investigative journalists. In the past, I also believed everything journalists said. My opinion only changed after I, as an anti-corruption activist, communicated directly with investigative journalists. I learned a very unpleasant truth, and it was an extremely harsh awakening. I uncovered far greater corruption in Matovič's government than the Smer party had. I expected the media to help me fight corruption. I was wrong. It turned out that journalists are not as free as they appear to be. I was shocked when such enormous corruption was met with total silence and censorship, despite the fact that I had handed over about 100 pages of quality materials to all investigative journalists. Investigative journalism is just a tool of political struggle. The corruption of some political parties is censored in the media, while the corruption scandals of other political parties are hyperbolized.Investigative journalism is not intended for the public interest, it is not intended for the fight against corruption, but only for the power political struggle and for the division of society.
I have come to the conclusion that journalists are far more depraved and immoral people than politicians.
Why do the media in Slovakia divide society? Look for money behind everything.
First, I dealt with the corruption of politicians, later I started dealing with the corruption of the media. The boundless greed for money is the biggest problem among Slovak media owners. Without dividing society, the media would have miserable financial profits or would even go bankrupt.The general public in Slovakia has no idea that most of the media's financial income comes from non-transparent EU fund subsidies. I consider it an absolute outrage that the media does not admit to these financial flows and conceals them from their readers. The EU has several types of subsidies. Most EU fund subsidies go through national ministries, but there are also types of subsidies that do not go through national governments, and NGOs receive them directly from the European Commission without informing national governments, and national governments have no control over them.
The EU does not pour subsidies into the media directly but through NGOs. A significant part of the media's income is green deal lobbying. The eco-fascist lobby in the Slovak media is extremely aggressive, primarily due to the LIFE grant program. In the past, I was very naive when I informed all journalists about a huge scandal, showing them evidence that 99% of LIFE grant programs are stolen or go elsewhere than officially declared. 100 pages of quality materials, but perfect censorship in the media. Of course, the media will not go against their patrons and will not saw off the branch they are sitting on.
Further EU subsidies are directed to anti-corruption and pro-democratic NGOs. However, these subsidies are misused and instead of fighting corruption and fighting for democracy, they go to not only media political battles that divide society, the money is misused to support political parties, mainly the PS party. There is not a single anti-corruption NGO in Slovakia. When I communicated with these people, they told me frankly that they are not free and (in the name of political struggles) they cannot fight against the corruption schemes that I reported to them.
The greed for money among media owners and NGOs is the main problem. NGOs, together with the media, pretend that corruption in Slovakia is 100 times greater than it actually is, because otherwise they would not receive subsidies. They get a lot of money for little work. If they said that corruption in Slovakia is minimal, they would not receive any subsidies. NGOs therefore play on the emotions of the European Commission. Similarly, NGOs, together with the media, scare the European Commission about the demise of democracy in Slovakia. Disinformation is spread that Slovakia wants to leave the EU, NATO, etc. NGOs play on the emotions of the European Commission. If they said that there is democracy in Slovakia, they would not receive any subsidies. A lot of money for little work. A perpetual motion machine for money.
Every other media report is fear-mongering with hoaxes about how the current government is against nature protection, how the current government is destroying nature. It is enough for an environmental NGO to play on the emotions of the European Commission and it immediately gets generous subsidies. A perpetual motion machine for money.
Furthermore, it is logical that when a non-governmental organization receives money from the European Commission (EC), it must have a statement of activities and must show the EC what activities it has carried out for the money.
Well, with hateful media articles full of hoaxes, half-truths, and propaganda against the government, a non-governmental organization can beautifully demonstrate that the money went to "support democracy" or "fight corruption." There is a very strong cooperation between the media and non-governmental organizations. Moreover, with such articles, NGOs kill two birds with one stone – not only is it a report of activities, but it is also a strong motivation for the EC to provide more money.
Are the misused EU grants the main motivation for the neo-Nazi "media guru" Ivo Lukačovič to spread hatred against Slovakia?
Most likely, yes. It could be a fairytale business and a significant part of the income for his neo-Nazi newspapers. A business that we ordinary people have never even dreamed of. Several NGOs have cross-border operations and operate in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. For example, the Pontis Foundation, which received 3 million euros directly from the EC to "support democracy", and that is only one grant, there were probably more subsidies.Ivo Lukačovič is a spineless psychopath who only drools over money. And his newspapers probably receive subsidies for "supporting democracy" through NGOs. By spreading hatred against Slovakia, Ivo Lukačovič kills two birds with one stone: on the one hand, it serves as a report of his activities, and on the other hand, it is a strong motivation for the donor to provide further subsidies. A perpetual motion machine for money.
Warning. To understand this part of the article, it is necessary to have read the previous article on neo-Nazism in the Czech media. Click here
Examples of fake investigative journalism. When an investigative journalist spreads hoaxes
- misuse of Ján Kuciak's murder for political struggle. Igor Matovič, together with the media, spreads the narrative that the Smer party and Robert Fico are directly responsible for the murder of this journalist. Later it turned out that this was absolute nonsense. In Slovakia, this narrative fizzled out, in the Czech Republic this opinion is still popular. Even Matovič's political police, the so-called Čurillovci, whose goal was to liquidate political opponents, did not claim or prove anything like that.
- The narrative that Robert Fico is a corrupt mobster who does nothing but steal. This propaganda by the media and Matovič collapsed like a house of cards. Even Matovič's political police, the so-called Čurillovci, whose goal was to eliminate political opponents, did not claim or prove anything like that. The most serious accusation against Robert Fico was his press conference where he claimed something that the Čurillovci did not like. Not a single corruption affair, no connection to corruption. In Slovakia, this opinion has ceased to be popular, but in the Czech Republic, this hoax is still quite popular. In the Czech Republic, ordinary people still call Fico a mobster and a corrupt person.
- Extreme mega-corruption at the PPA (Agricultural Payment Agency). The media and Matovič spread very strong propaganda about the insane corruption at the PPA. In the end, the whole Dobytkár case collapsed like a house of cards, although the public had huge expectations for it. It ended in a farce, but the media have not apologized to this day for spreading hoaxes. Any connection between corruption at the PPA and Ján Kuciak turned out to be a hoax that the media intensively fueled. The elite police officers, the Čurilovci, uncovered the biggest fish in the Dobytkár case , Norbert Bödör , who had never done business in the agricultural sector and had nothing to do with it. A farce.
EU subsidies for fighting corruption misused for internal political struggle in the Czech Republic
These things are not only happening in the Slovak Republic but also in the Czech Republic.The Stork's Nest case . The biggest media manipulation in the history of the Czech Republic. I have studied this affair in great detail. I also followed the insane hysteria of the Czech media on this topic. It was only about whether Babiš's company had met all the conditions for subsidies, which could have been resolved with a small fine. In Slovakia and the Czech Republic, the media have more power than the police and the courts, so the police, under pressure, tried to resolve it even in criminal law. The hysteria from the Stork's Nest case was just a way for NGOs and the media to create a report of activity for their donors. They thus unnecessarily spread hatred and divided society.
Interesting double standards compared to the huge Dozimeter case, where the media didn't make so much noise even though money was stolen.
Censorship of all positive news from politics
Although the current government has many successful reforms and other achievements behind it, most of the media censors most of the positive news. The population is thus under the false impression that only bad things are happening in Slovakia. Slovakia has one of the most reformist and successful governments in Europe.Sometimes, one has to watch politicians' press conferences directly on YouTube to learn about the government's successes.
And the government's unequivocally positive actions outweigh the negative ones. Even if the government is not successful in some area, there is no assumption that the opposition would be able to do it better.
Most media in Slovakia operate exclusively in the mode of " looking for compromising materials on government parties " but do not do serious reporting. What most media in Slovakia do cannot even be called journalism.
In the Czech Republic, it works exactly the opposite way, it is the opposite extreme , there the media censors most of the scandals of Fiala's government and very actively promotes and hyperbolizes all successes. Even a ridiculously small success is reported by the Czech media as a mega success of Fiala's government. Even a ridiculously small success is sung by the Czech media as a hymn to government politicians. Sometimes Czech journalists even spread hoaxes in favor of Fiala's government – as the biggest extreme case: Czech journalists attributed the ammunition initiative only to the Czech government, although Slovakia and Western countries participated in the ammunition initiative incomparably more.
Further proof that the Czech media is unhealthy, that it has not created any pressure for Fiala's government to fall after the bitcoin case. For such a huge scandal, the government would have resigned in Zimbabwe. In Slovakia, governments have fallen at least three times due to incomparably less serious corruption affairs. The media has more power than politicians, and if the Czech media wanted to, they would unleash such hell against Fiala's government that a million people would demonstrate against the government in Prague. The Czech media only supports and promotes Fiala's government with all its might.
Alternative and mainstream media are equally anti-system and question state institutions. Neither has anything to reproach the other for.
Mainstream media reproach alternative media for being anti-system and questioning state institutions. And they are right. An example is the questioning of healthcare institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.But the mainstream media do not realize that they are doing the same thing. By spreading boundless hatred against the government, boundless hate propaganda, and censoring everything positive.
The impact of media-driven societal division on the average person
People who really believe the media's propaganda believe that they live in a far worse country than it actually is, which has a bad impact on mental health and people are prone to depression and anxiety. People are pumped with hatred against the government, but hatred paralyzes a person.Quarrelsome and divided families.
Slovaks are a nation that probably has the lowest national pride among all nations . This is a unique feature of the Slovak mentality. And the media, with its propaganda of hatred, further reinforces this belief in Slovaks. It is not difficult to find a Slovak living abroad who proclaims that "Slovakia is the worst country in the world" and feels hatred and racism towards their own nation.
Personally, I find racism against one's own nation just as repulsive as nationalism. Both are sick extremes.
Another thing that strongly characterizes the Slovak nation is extreme pessimism and negativism. Slovaks are a strongly negative and pessimistic nation even without media propaganda. The media targets the weakest links of the Slovak nation to create the greatest possible frustration in people.
(Updated 28/09/2025)
Bribing journalists
How can politicians bribe journalists? One way a politician can give a bribe to a journalist is through very strong support for the non-governmental sector . Through the non-governmental sector, money can easily reach the media. Bribes for journalists can be camouflaged under the guise of supporting investigative journalism or under the guise of supporting democracy . In reality, however, the money will go to the political struggle between political parties.Based on this, politicians can bribe journalists . It is highly probable that there are already some agreements between the Progressive Slovakia party and journalists, editors-in-chief, and media owners. The agreement is that if Progressive Slovakia comes to power, subsidies for the non-governmental sector will become very strong , and the sector will gladly pass them on to journalists. In this way, the Progressive Slovakia party will have absolute protection and certainty that no corruption scandal will be published in the media . As a result, voters will feel that this political party is not so bad. After all, they haven't had that many corruption scandals . Subsidies for the non-governmental sector can be provided by the state or a ministry either through EU funds or directly through the state budget . The media has more power than the police and the courts . If the media does not uncover a corruption scandal, the police will not deal with it either.