Since his return to power in 2023, Prime Minister Robert Fico has implemented measures to exert control over the media in Slovakia. Since years, Fico expresses contempt for press freedom, frequently ...

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At the moment when a gunman tried to kill Donald Trump, Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico was just returning to work after an assassination attempt on May 15. He was hit by four bullets and ...

The months that followed were no less hostile, with Fico referring to the media as "bloodthirsty bastards", NGO media and the opposition as "political pigs".