Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of left-wing populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, was sworn in as president of Slovakia on Saturday. The 48-year-old took the oath of office in a ceremony at the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava in front of members of parliament. Pellegrini won the run-off election in April with 53.1% of the vote, […]
Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of left-wing populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, will be sworn in as president of Slovakia on Saturday. The 48-year-old is due to take the oath of office in a ceremony in front of parliament in Bratislava at midday. Pellegrini won the run-off election in April with 53.1% of the vote, […]
Peter Pellegrini, a close ally of left-wing populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, was sworn in as president of Slovakia on Saturday. The 48-year-old took the oath of office in a ceremony at the Slovak Philharmonic in Bratislava in front of members of parliament. Pellegrini won the run-off election in April with 53.1% of the vote, […]
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Wednesday he believes he was targeted for having a Ukraine position contrary to the European mainstream but bears no malice toward the gunman who seriously wounded him three weeks ago. The prerecorded speech posted online by Fico, who opposes military aid to Ukraine, was […]
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has posted a speech online in his first appearance since an assassination attempt three weeks ago. In a pre-recorded speech posted on his Facebook ahead of the European Parliament election on Thursday, Mr Fico said the attack caused serious damage to his health and “it will be a small miracle […]
The assailant who critically injured Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in an attack on Wednesday may not be a lone offender after all, a government official said on Sunday. There are indications that the gunman may have not acted alone, Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok told journalists in Bratislava. “We have put together a team […]
The assailant who critically injured Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico in an attack on Wednesday may not be a lone offender after all, a government official said on Sunday. There are indications that the man may have not acted alone, Interior Minister Matúš Šutaj Eštok told journalists in Bratislava. “We have put together a team […]
Slovakia’s populist prime minister Robert Fico remains in a serious condition but has been given a positive prognosis four days after he was shot multiple times in an assassination attempt that has sent shockwaves across the deeply polarised European Union nation, the defence minister said. “The worst of what we feared has passed, at least […]
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was critically injured in an assassination attempt on Wednesday, is in stable condition, Health Minister Zuzana Dolinková said on Saturday. After his second operation on Friday, there is cause for optimism, the minister said. However, Fico cannot yet be transferred to the capital, Bratislava, in the coming days, Defence […]
BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico is between life and death two days after an assassination attempt that sent shock waves across Europe, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told public radio on Friday. The shooting was the first major assassination attempt on a European political leader for more than 20 years, and has […]
The Slovak interior minister said on Thursday that a “lone wolf” has been charged in the shooting that seriously wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. The attempted assassination has shocked the small central European nation, with leaders blaming the attack in part on extreme political polarisation that has divided the country. Interior minister Matus Sutaj Estok […]
By Ayhan Uyanik and Boldizsar Gyori BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia (Reuters) -Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was in “very serious” but stable condition on Thursday, a hospital official said, after he was shot five times in an assassination attempt that laid bare deep political divisions in the country. Slovakia will convene a state security council meeting […]