About this episode

The episode discusses Slovakia's political tensions with the Baltics, Slovenia's coalition talks, and broader geopolitical issues affecting aviation.

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. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• European politics
• aviation
• international relations
• coalition talks
• geopolitical tensions

Keywords

• Slovakia
• Slovenia
• aviation
• Iran
• China-Japan tensions
• Robert Fico
• coalition talks
• Salone del Mobile

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Slovakia, Baltics, Slovenia, Iran, China, Japan, Taiwan

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