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  • Affairs
  • London
  • Episode 3851
  • 21 Apr 2026
  • 58 min

Slovakia’s blocked flight and Slovenia’s government talks: Europe’s eastern flank is realigning

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  • The Globalist
  • Affairs
  • London
  • Episode 3851
  • 58 min

We look at Slovak PM Robert Fico’s spat with the Baltics over Moscow and Slovenia’s coalition talks collapse. Plus: How Iran is affecting aviation, China-Japan tensions over Taiwan and Salone del Mobile’s first preview day.

Host
  • Georgina Godwin
Contributors
  • Angelica Jopson
  • Chris Cermak
  • Josefina Astrid Nagler Gómez
  • Steph Chungu

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