Pellegrini

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Fico ally Pellegrini wins presidential vote

3 min read Slovakia, Fico, Korcok, Pellegrini, SMER, Zuzana Caputova

Peter Pellegrini of Slovakia’s nationalist-left ruling coalition beat pro-Western opposition candidate Ivan Korcok by 53.1% to 46.9% in the presidential election on Saturday, 6 April. Turnout was 61.14%, the highest for a presidential election in Slovakia since 1999. Pellegrini, 48, is House speaker and an ally

Slovak PM cancels military aid to Ukraine

3 min read Slovakia, Ukraine, Fico, Pellegrini, Russia, SMER, Ursula von der Leyen, Zuzana Caputova

Incoming Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico did not waste time to state his positions on the war in Ukraine when he spoke to members of the press in Brussels on Thursday, 26 October. “The conflict in Ukraine is not our affair, and we are not involved in it,” the Slovak