SME

SME is one of Slovakia's leading daily newspapers and its accompanying news website, published in Slovak. It is widely regarded as a quality, liberal-leaning outlet covering national politics, the economy, and international affairs, with a reputation for investigative journalism and independent commentary.

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SME at a glance

Country: Slovakia
Region: Central and Eastern Europe · Europe
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups SME

Crosswire groups SME as Centrist for comparisons within Slovakia's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate. In Slovakia, Pravda is listed as Left-leaning — so you can open SME beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.

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Where SME sits in Slovakia's press

SME is one of 6 outlets tracked in Slovakia, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Pravda and Denník N. By outlets tracked, Slovakia ranks 21st of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Europe hub, which lists 264 outlets in all.

Across Europe, Crosswire tracks 109 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to SME outside Slovakia, starting with Central and Eastern Europe, are Gazeta Wyborcza (Poland), Lidové noviny (Czech Republic), Népszava (Hungary) and Adevărul (Romania). Opening one of them beside SME is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.