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May 15, 2024 · He resigned in 2018 over a political crisis prompted by the murders of an investigative journalist and his fiance. Police ruled the deaths were "most likely" related to an article the journalist had written on alleged ties between Slovakia's top politicians and the Italian mafia.
- Michelle Rimmer
May 16, 2024 · The reporter, Ján Kuciak, had been probing alleged collusion between government officials and organised crime. The furore over the killings forced Fico to resign as prime minister.
Mar 15, 2018 · Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico officially resigned Thursday, less than three weeks after the murder of an investigative reporter and his fiancée shocked the nation. President Andrej Kiska formally accepted the resignation of the 53-year-old social democrat-turned-populist, who ran the Slovak government for 10 of the past 12 years.
- Siegfried Mortkowitz
May 15, 2024 · As Covid faded from the headlines, he found a new cause – Ukraine. The September 2023 election was won – partly – on a pledge to send "not one more round of ammunition" to Kyiv, promising to...
2 days ago · Police arrest a man after Slovak prime minister Robert Fico was shot in May in Handlová. ... he was forced to resign amid mass street protests that followed the killings of a journalist and his ...
Mar 14, 2018 · Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico offered to resign on Wednesday, local media reported, two weeks after the murder of an investigative journalist led to calls for political change.
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May 17, 2024 · Barely minutes after prime minister Robert Fico was shot and left gravely injured on Wednesday, some of his allies accused the opposition and the media of having blood on their hands and...