http://dx.doi.org/10.17176/20210309-153913-0 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/slovakias-democracy-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-when-executive-communication-fails/ Slovakia’s Democracy and the COVID-19 Pandemic: When Executive Communication Fails Steuer, Max eng 2021-03-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 COVID 19 Slovakia Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In spring 2020, Slovakia was praised for minimizing the instances of the COVID-19 pandemic. By early 2021, however, with Slovakia among the top five countries with the highest increase of COVID-19-induced death cases, a very different picture has emerged, highlighting the costs of neglecting democracy considerations (encompassing human rights and the rule of law) by the executive in particular.