"#Slovakia is facing an 'extremely dangerous' security situation, with high-ranking officials citing the presence of active foreign agents operating within the country. This alarming development comes on the heels of numerous threats directed at constitutional officials and politicians, who are now under heightened protection, according to Interior Minister Matusz Szutaj Esztok
ℹ #Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert #Fico is no longer in a life-threatening condition after being shot several times, the deputy prime minister has said
Tomas Taraba told the #BBC Mr #Fico's surgery had gone "well" and "I guess that at the end he will survive"
Earlier the #defense minister said Mr @fico was "fighting for his life" after being gravely injured in an attack in the small town of #Handlova
A suspect was detained at the scene of the #shooting
CRIMEA MASSIVE ATTACK: BELBEK AIRFIELD ON FIRE & ROBERT FICO ATTEMPT
by #AnnafromUkraine
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Russian airfield in #Belbek, #Crimea has been struck by Ukrainian missile attack.
Assassination attempt on Robert #Fico, Prime minister of #Slovakia.
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Anna Danylchuk is a professor of linguistics at Volyn National University in Lutsk, she vlogs every day, giving a perspective of an Ukrainian from inside war-torn #Ukraine.
Reports that president of #Slovakia gravely injured in apparent assassination attempt.
This sort of thing has big security implications in that it is an Eastern European NATO and EU member state, although #Fico is considered a pro-Russian populist.
[The Bell, Telegram] An unknown assailant shot several times at Slovak Prime Minister Fico
An assassination attempt was made on the life of the Prime Minister of Slovakia, Robert Fico, who occupies a conditionally pro-Russian position. An unknown person shot him as he left a building in the town of Gandlova. The shooter has been detained.
UPD. The prime minister's condition is preliminary and he is in hospital, where he was taken by helicopter.
In #Slovakia, Robert #Fico’s government has shunned the independent press and wants to remake the public broadcaster into a state-run TV channel that could soon be run by a flat-earther.
#Slovakia’s nationalist prime minister, Robert #Fico, is moving ahead with a law targeting non-governmental organisations that critics say is inspired by #Hungary’s crackdown on civil rights groups.
Fico’s coalition, on Tuesday passed the draft law. Under the bill, NGOs that receive more than €5,000 a year in foreign funding must be registered as “organisations with foreign support” and list their donors.