Protests in Slovakia after PM Fico’s tilt towards Russia
6 days ago · Tens of thousands of people protested across Slovakia amid growing anger over Prime Minister Robert Fico’s apparent push for closer ties with Russia. Friday’s rallies, which saw up to 60,000 ...
Tens of thousands protest in Slovakia over pro-Russia policies of ...
6 days ago · Tens of thousands of people in Slovakia have gathered at squares and street across the country to voice their opposition to the pro-Russia policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico.
Pro-Kremlin EU leader reels after Russian gas supply ends
3 days ago · Robert Fico centred his premiership on Slovakia importing cheap Russian gas and having friendly relations with the Kremlin. That gamble has now started to backfire. The populist prime minister ...
Slovak PM accuses opposition of planning coup to topple him - BBC
Jan 22, 2025 · Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has claimed opposition forces are planning a "Maidan"-style coup, referring to the popular uprising that toppled Ukraine's pro-Russian president ...
Attempted assassination of Robert Fico - Wikipedia
On 15 May 2024, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico was shot and critically injured in the central Slovak town of Handlová, in front of its House of Culture after a government meeting. [3][4][5] He was hospitalised and stabilised after emergency surgery. [6][7][8] The suspect, 71-year-old Juraj Cintula, was detained by police at the scene. [1]
Who is Robert Fico? Slovakia's PM was the target of an …
May 16, 2024 · Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday after a political event in an attempted assassination that shocked the small country and reverberated across Europe.
Putin holds talks with Slovakian PM Fico | AP News
Dec 22, 2024 · Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday hosted Slovakia’s prime minister, Robert Fico, in a rare visit to the Kremlin by an EU leader since Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Slovak Leader Visits Putin, Breaking With E.U.’s Policy of Isolation ...
Dec 23, 2024 · Europe’s efforts to keep a united front against Russia over the war in Ukraine suffered a new blow with a surprise visit to Moscow by Robert Fico, the leader of Slovakia, for talks with...
Robert Fico: why the attempted assassination of Slovakian prime ...
May 16, 2024 · Russian media outlets have immediately seized on this to accuse Ukraine of masterminding the assassination attempt against Fico.
Robert Fico: Who is Slovakia’s pro-Russia prime minister?
Oct 1, 2023 · Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was said to be in a life-threatening condition after being shot on Wednesday, took power for the fourth time last October and has turned the country's...