In first public speech since surviving assassination attempt, Fico says he feels ‘no hatred’ towards his attacker. Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has posted a speech online, his first appearance since he was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt three weeks ago. In a prerecorded speech on his Facebook page…
Prime Minister Robert Fico remains in serious condition but his life is no longer in danger, Slovak officials say. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s life is no longer in danger following an assassination attempt, Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak has said. “He has emerged from the immediate threat to his…
Court near Bratislava rules that man accused in assassination attempt will be held in custody. Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico remained in hospital in “serious condition” as a court ruled that the man accused in the assassination attempt will be held in custody. On Saturday, Minister of Health Zuzana Dolinkova…
Deputy PM Kalinak says Fico is stable post-surgery after being shot five times in an attempted assassination. Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico is stable but his condition remains “very serious”, his deputy has said, after an assassination attempt that shocked the country and drew global condemnation. Fico, 59, was shot…
World leaders have condemned an attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who is in a “life-threatening condition” after being shot. The prime minister was shot “multiple times” on Wednesday in an “assassination attempt”, a statement on his official social media page said. The 59-year-old leader was shot in the…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Slovakia prime minister taken to hospital as President Zuzana Caputova condemns ‘brutal and ruthless’ attack. Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico has been wounded in a shooting and taken to hospital. Fico was hit in the stomach after four shots were fired outside the House of Culture in…
Russia and Ukraine a key point of contention between two leading candidates who went into the election neck and neck. Voters in Slovakia went to the polls to pick a new president on Saturday, choosing between pro-Western opposition candidate Ivan Korcok and Peter Pellegrini running for the governing nationalist left…
Ex-Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok and current parliament Speaker Peter Pellegrini to face off in April’s vote dominated by the Ukraine war. Slovakia’s former pro-West Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok and current parliament Speaker Peter Pellegrini will face off in April’s presidential election run-off, according to the final results. The liberal Korcok…
Baumgartner unleashed a 25-metre shot past the goalkeeper after six seconds to break the record for the fastest goal. Austria’s Christoph Baumgartner has broken the record for the fastest-ever international goal by slotting home against Slovakia inside seven seconds. Baumgartner, 24, went into the record books during a friendly match…
This week’s televised debate among Slovakia’s nine presidential candidates often sounded as though it was taking place in Moscow. “As president, I want to extricate Slovakia from the dungeon of nations that is the European Union,” declared Milan Nahlik, a policeman who unsuccessfully ran for parliament four years ago. “As…
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