Dismissed Slovak Public TV Editor Claims Management Purging Potential Opposition Leaders

Boris Koreň, a former editor at Slovakia's public television STVR, says his dismissal was part of a systematic effort to remove employees capable of organizing resistance to the broadcaster's transformation. Koreň was terminated on grounds that there was "no work" for him, despite his role as co-author of a staff statement opposing changes to the public broadcaster. He believes management is preemptively eliminating potential protest leaders before the station becomes increasingly aligned with government propaganda. The dismissals come as STVR, which replaced the former RTVS public broadcaster, faces criticism over its editorial direction under the current government led by Robert Fico's Smer-SD party.