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These days have passed 25 years since joining NATO, which neutral Sweden also joined two days ago. Was the alternative of the past quarter century an independent path? According to Petros Michopoulos, the Czech Republic would have to spend many times more on its military, which neither politicians nor the public were willing to do. Czech-Slovak relations are also tense, mainly due to Prime Minister Fico's statements regarding the Russian war in Ukraine. Meeting him at a joint meeting of the two governments would mean legitimizing his pro-Russian views. The main trigger for mutual distrust was, however, Fico's speech on the 2nd anniversary of the war in Ukraine, where he said that the EU's strategy is for Slavs to kill each other in Ukraine. Before that, he had laid flowers on the grave of the former Czechoslovak pro-Russian dictator Gustáv Husák, which particularly touched Prime Minister Fiala. Did this end the above-standard relations between the two countries? Episode timeline: 0:00 Introduction 3:26 Czech Republic's entry into NATO 41:15 Slovakia and NATO Podcast Kecy a politika, in which Bohumil Pečinka and Petros Michopulos discuss current political topics. Martin Bartkovský also occasionally comments on the program. This is an abridged version. Subscribers can listen and watch the entire 90 minutes at https://www.forendors.cz/kecyapolitika Become a member of the Kecy & politika group on Facebook: / kecyapolitika Petros Michopulos' Instagram: / petrosmichopulos Bohumil Pečinka's Instagram: / bohumilpecinka Instagram Kecy a politika: / kecy_a_politika TikTok Kecy a politika: / kecy_a_politika