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Slovakia PM shooting – live: Robert Fico ‘escaped death by a hair’ as president says situation...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFico was forced to resign as premier amid mass protests in 2018 triggered by the contract killing of...
Q&A: How did Slovakia become one of the most politically polarised countries in Europe?
Euronews via Yahoo News· 3 days agoProminent Slovakian reporter Andrej Matišák tells Euronews about how his country has been engulfed...
Police charge suspect with attempted murder of Slovak PM
Semafor via Yahoo News· 2 days agoAssassination attempt on Fico recalls high-profile murder of Slovak journalist Sources: Politico,...
Slovakian PM shot by poet; violence heralds unrest
Boing Boing· 1 day agoSlovakian PM Robert Fico was shot five times on May 15th in Handlova, a small mining town in the center of the country. Journalist Ján Kuciak and his...
Assassination attempt in Slovakia seen as an attack on democracy
UPI· 1 day agoThe assassination attempt against Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has been widely condemned by...
Robert Fico, Slovakia's populist prime minister, returned to power on a pro-Russian platform
U-T San Diego· 3 days agoSlovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is in life-threatening condition after being wounded in a...
Fico shooting not only exposes poisonous politics but Slovakia’s fractured zeitgeist
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 days agoIn 2018, 27-year-old investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fianceé were murdered by a contract...
An assassination attempt against Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico
The Economist· 3 days agoTHE RETURN to power of Robert Fico, Slovakia’s populist prime minister, has been a continuous...
How ties to Italy’s Mafia brought Robert Fico’s second term to an abrupt end in Slovakia
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 days agoMr Fico was depicted in the striped black-and-white uniform of a prisoner – an indication the crowds...
Slovakia’s Leader Survives Surgery After Shooting, Deputy Says
New York Times· 3 days agoMr. Fico returned to power in 2012 but resigned as prime minister in July 2018 following mass...