Slovaks keep up protests against Fico and mark anniversary of journalist’s murder
Bratislava, Slovakia Reuters Thousands rallied in Bratislava and other Slovak cities on Friday calling for Prime Minister Robert Fico to resign and keeping up protests against a foreign policy that critics say pulls the country closer to Russia. Protests have happened every other week since early January, sparked by a December meeting between Fico and […]
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy hits back at Slovak PM Fico as gas transit dispute deepens
Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy accused Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico on Saturday of opening a “second energy front” against Ukraine on the orders of Russia, as a gas transit dispute between the countries deepened. Ukraine pumps Russian natural gas through its territory to several European countries including Slovakia, but it is expected to halt […]
Slovak PM Fico’s attacker may not have acted alone, says minister
Bratislava/Banksa Bystrica, Slovakia Reuters The suspect in an assassination attempt on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico may not have been just a “lone wolf” as previously believed, the interior minister said on Sunday, as security services try to shed light on an attack that sent shockwaves through Europe. Fico is no longer in immediate danger […]
Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico still in serious condition, officials say
Banksa Bystrica, Slovakia Reuters Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in serious condition and still faces risks of complications but has stabilised, officials said on Saturday, following Wednesday’s assassination attempt. The Prime Minister, 59, was shot at five times at point-blank range in an attack that sent shockwaves through Europe and raised concerns over the […]
Anger, anxiety, acrimony: Slovaks weigh what led to Fico shooting
Hanlova/Bratislava, Slovakia Reuters Slovak opposition party leader Michal Simecka, who described an assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico this week as an attack on democracy, said on Friday he that his wife and child had received death threats. His experience is not uncommon, a measure of the extreme political and personal animosities in Slovakia […]
Slovak PM Fico in serious but stable condition, can speak a little, says ally
Bratislava/Banksa Bystrica, Slovakia ( Reuters Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in a serious but stable condition and is able to speak a little, the country’s President-elect said on Thursday, a day after an assassination attempt that sent shock waves across Europe. The shooting was the first major assassination attempt on a European political leader […]
Essay: Robert Fico – why the attempted assassination of Slovakian Prime Minister could fuel the information war between Russia and Europe
MICHAEL TOOMEY, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks at the context surrounding the shooting of Slovakia’s Prime Minister this week…
Updated: Slovak PM Fico no longer in life-threatening condition after being shot, minister says
Updated: 12:30pm (AEST) Banksa Bystrica, Slovakia Reuters lovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is no longer in a life-threatening condition after he was shot in an assassination attempt when leaving a government meeting on Wednesday, a government minister said. The gunman shot Fico, 59, five times, initially leaving the Prime Minister in critical condition and undergoing […]
France’s Macron does not rule out Europeans sending troops to Ukraine
Paris, France Reuters French President Emmanuel Macron opened the door on Monday to European nations sending troops to Ukraine, although he cautioned that there was no consensus at this stage as allies agreed to ramp up efforts to deliver more munitions to Kyiv. Some 20 European leaders gathered in Paris on Monday to send Russian […]
Slovakia approves criminal law reforms that sparked protests
Reuters The Slovak parliament approved reforms scrapping a special prosecution branch dealing with high-level crime and lowering punishments for financial crimes in a fast-track procedure on Thursday, amid public protests and concerns from the European Commission. The government of Prime Minister Robert Fico, who took power last October for the fourth time after a stint […]