Slovak Public Television Gave More Coverage to Putin Than Ukrainian Perspective on War Anniversary, NGO Analysis Shows

A new analysis by MEMO 98, a Slovak media monitoring organization, examined how the country's public television covered the fourth anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The study revealed that the broadcaster allocated more airtime to Russian President Vladimir Putin's perspective than to Ukrainian voices during coverage of the war anniversary. The findings raise questions about balanced reporting on the conflict by Slovakia's state-funded television service. MEMO 98's detailed analysis tracked which sources and viewpoints received prominence in the broadcaster's coverage of this significant milestone in the ongoing war.