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Tag - Robert Fico
As previously announced in April, former Slovak president Andrej Kiska has launched a new pro-EU political party, aiming to provide an alternative to the ruling Smer...
Anti-corruption activist and environmental campaigner Zuzana Čaputová has been sworn in as Slovakia’s first female president. “I’m not here to rule, I’m here to...
Slovakia’s ruling party Smer has asked its leader Robert Fico (pictured above) to step down. The call follows the poor performance of the party in last...
Miroslav Marček, a former soldier, has reportedly confessed the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová. The couple were...
Just a day after Slovakia elected its first female president, Zuzana Čaputová, the country’s parliament has dealt a blow to women’s rights by rejecting the...
Anti-corruption activist and environmental campaigner Zuzana Čaputová has comfortably won the second round of Slovakia’s presidential election, taking more than 58...
Tens of thousands of people have gathered in public squares across Slovakia to commemorate the death of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina...
Four people have so far been charged with the murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée, Martina Kušnírová, shot dead at their home in the...
Almost two-thirds of foreign investors in Slovakia have said that the country’s economic outlook is positive. Polled in a recent survey, 63 per cent of investors were...
The murder of Slovak investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancee Martina Kusnirova on February 25, which sparked mass anti-corruption protests and forced the...
As widely expected, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico resigned on March 15, leaving his his deputy Peter Pellegrini to form a new government. Mr Fico is the latest...
