The winner of Slovakia’s election this weekend is populist former prime minister who was forced out of office five years ago amid public outrage over a journalist’s slaying, but who is now ...

(Bloomberg) -- Slovakia’s election-winner Robert Fico secured a pledge from his preferred coalition partner to assemble a new government, opening a path for the pro-Russian populist to return to ...

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday visited the town where a gunman shot him in May and accused progressive ...

NOTE: threshold for parties to win seats is 5% and 7% for coalitions ///// Party descriptions: SMER-SSD- Direction-Slovak Social Democracy (leftist party of three-time prime minister Robert Fico ...

But liberals’ fears that this year would reflect the global triumph of illiberal populism have so far been proved wrong.

must ask him to form a government and this should happen as traditionally whoever wins the biggest share of the votes gets that privilege. But that doesn't mean he will succeed. Robert Fico is not ...

The Direction - Social Democracy (SMER) Party led by ex-Prime Minister Robert Fico is leading in the Saturday ... Statistical Office reports. The party wins the support of 23.42% of the voters.

And then there is Georgia – once a beacon of democratic renewal in the post-Soviet space and now gradually sliding into ...

Schaldemose would later go on to win the election. Advertisement Europe had seen a spat of violence against politicians. Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico survived an assassination attempt by a ...

In this week's newsletter, I'm reporting from the Globsec Forum in Prague, which was dominated by discussion of the war in ...