{"id":2046,"date":"2025-10-27T12:23:47","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/impactsummit.sk\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=2046"},"modified":"2025-10-27T12:24:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T12:24:51","slug":"pavol-szalai","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/impactsummit.sk\/en\/speaker\/pavol-szalai\/","title":{"rendered":"Pavol Szalai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Pavol Szalai<\/strong> leads the <strong>Prague office of the international organization Reporters Without Borders<\/strong>. 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