All news on the topic: Robert Fico

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Five EU states ‘actively dismantling rule of law’ while six more slide, watchdog warns
Governments in five EU member states are “consistently and intentionally” eroding the rule of law, Europe’s leading civil liberties group has warned.
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SCO summit highlights uneasy love triangle between China, Russia, and India
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization’s annual summit recently concluded in Tianjin, China—culminating in a military parade through Beijing’s Tiananmen Square.
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Ukraine strike on Druzhba pipeline cuts Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia
Ukraine has targeted a crucial pumping station on the Druzhba oil pipeline, which delivers fuel from Russia to Europe, halting supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, the only EU member states still receiving Russian oil.
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Governor of Slovakia’s central bank convicted of corruption: scandal hits ECB’s image
The governor of Slovakia’s central bank was charged with bribing an official in 2016, during his tenure as finance minister.
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Slovakia Gov’t plans to disband the police agency responsible for investigating corruption
Slovakia’s government confirmed this week that it would disband a police agency investigating associates of ruling party politicians, while the justice minister freed a former prosecutor who was jailed after accepting bribes from a crime boss.
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Slovakia files criminal complaint against former PM for providing fighter jets to Ukraine
Slovakia’s former Prime Minister Eduard Heger and Defense Minister Jaroslav Naď are facing possible criminal charges for helping Ukraine.
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Slovak PM Robert Fico out of immediate danger four days after shooting
Fico remains in intensive care but has ‘emerged from immediate threat to his life’, Robert Kaliňák tells reporters
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Slovak PM Fico has ‘positive prognosis’ as his attacker appears in court for first time
Fico underwent a second surgery on Friday to save his life after he was shot 4 times on Wednesday.
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Slovak officials assert Robert Fico shooting was politically motivated
Prime minister is “fighting for his life” after more than three hours in surgery, government says.
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Slovak PM Robert Fico in ‘life-threatening condition’ after being shot
Fico is being flown to hospital by helicopter after the gun attack.
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The Slovakian Prime Minister was shot and wounded outside the Culture Ministry following a cabinet meeting
The Slovakian Prime Minister has been seriously injured in a shooting outside of the country’s culture ministry.
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Slovakia’s Fico plots to dismantle the free press
Journalists warn new populist prime minister is trying to sideline those in the media he disagrees with.
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Peter Pellegrini, a government ally with doubts about Ukraine, emerges victorious in Slovakian presidential race
Close ally of populist prime minister Robert Fico claimed 53.85% of vote, beating pro-Western opposition Ivan Korčok