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Thousands of Slovak protesters have taken to the streets of Bratislava to denounce a string of controversial government decisions they say are proof of the erosion of the rule of law and democratic freedoms in the country. In recent days, three events have unleashed pent-up frustrations with Robert Fico’s coalition government, in which his left-wing nationalist Smer party relies on allies, including the ultranationalist Slovak National Party (SNS). The first was a purge of the directors of the Slovak National Theatre and National Gallery by hard-right culture minister Martina Šimkovičová, who ...
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Thousands gathered in Bratislava on Monday to protest the recent dismissals of the heads of a swathe of cultural institutions in Slovakia by the country's culture minister. Some 9,000 people demonstrated in front of the Slovak National Theatre and Culture Ministry in the city centre. The protest follows the sacking of, amongst others, National Theatre director Matej Drlička and National Gallery head Alexandra Kusá last week, which some in the country see as a political purge. In an explanation for her decision to sack Drlička posted on Telegram, Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová claimed he ...
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Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has made his first public appearance since he was shot on May 15 in an apparent assassination attempt. He spoke at an event at Devín Castle in the capital Bratislava to mark Saint Cyril and Methodius Day, a national holiday in Slovakia to commemorate the day the two Christian missionaries arrived in what was then Moravia. He made only one reference to his shooting, referring to it only as an "unfortunate event", and used his speech largely to talk about the need to build a barrier against progressivism which he said is spreading "like a cancer". "They are ...
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Slovakia's opposition parties have accused the government of attempting to restrict media freedom after a new law came into force which would give parliament more control over public broadcasting. The new legislation, pushed for by PM Robert Fico's ruling party, SMER, will create a new Slovak Television and Radio station, which will replace RTVS and dismiss the broadcaster’s current director, Lubosz Machaj. The Slovakian government will then elect a new director selected by a council whose nine members will be nominated by the Culture Ministry and parliament. Machaj still has a parliamentary m...
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Slovakia's deputy prime minister has said the country's prime minister Robert Fico will have permanent health issues after surviving a shooting attack in May. Robert Kaliňák said Fico's condition was gradually improving, but that he would likely have musculoskeletal problems. "His health is still far from ideal. After a gunshot wound to the abdomen, those organs don't work the way they did when you were 17 or 30. It's still very erratic. As part of his regular rehab, doctors are doing everything they can to make sure he can do his job to his full potential, and we're getting close to that," he...
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The sitting government of Slovakia is busy filing criminal complaints against its predecessors in office over their donation of fighter jets to Ukraine, claiming that the transfers went ahead illegally. As reported by Slovakian media, State Secretary of the Defence Ministry Igor Melicher has filed a total of four official reports against former Prime Minister Eduard Heger and his Minister of Defence Jaroslav Naď. "These two gentlemen have been able to disarm Slovakia better than any enemy would,” Melicher said at a press conference on Friday. "I am convinced that Jaroslav Naď betrayed Slovakia...
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As the news shook Europe on 15 May that Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico had been shot, a sense of uncertainty and foreboding fell in Bratislava. As the story started to emerge, it was clear how critical a robust and diverse local media is to access the facts amid times of crises. However, at such a pivotal moment for Slovakia, independent reporters are now being scapegoated by the authorities in a downward spiral of press freedom. I was in Bratislava on this day with my colleague, Attila Mong, a Hungarian journalist and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Europe representative, to loo...
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Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico posted a speech online on Wednesday in his first appearance since he was seriously wounded in an assassination attempt three weeks ago. In a pre-recording speech posted on his Facebook ahead of the European Parliament election, Fico said the attack caused serious damage to his health and that “it will be a small miracle if I return to work in several weeks.” Fico has been recovering from multiple wounds after being shot in the abdomen as he greeted supporters on May 15 in the town of Handlova, about 140 kilometres northeast of the capital, Bratisl...
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Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has been airlifted from a Banská Bystrica hospital where he was treated after an assassination attempt in the central town of Handlová. Fico was transported early on Thursday to his home in Bratislava, where he will receive nursing care, reports say. The Slovakian PM was shot in the abdomen at close range as he greeted supporters in Handlová earlier this month. Videos showed him approach people gathered at barricades and reach out to shake hands as a man stepped forward, extended his arm and fired five rounds before being tackled and arrested. Fic...
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