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 ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico chaired a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, his first return to work since he survived an assassination attempt nearly two months ago. Fico, 59, has been convalescing ...

And like Trump he has long resented independent and critical journalists. He blames us for his failures and mistakes. He attacks us. He berates or ignores us. In his thirteen years in power, he ...

Fico became prime minister for a fourth time last month at the head of a leftist-nationalist coalition after an election in which he attacked liberal policies, Slovakia's Western allies and media ...

On Tuesday, Fico took to social media to announce that he had sent a letter to political parties and broadcasters urging them to shift the programmes to weekdays. Sunday debate shows have a deep ...

Slovakia's newly appointed Prime Minister Robert Fico attends the new cabinet's inauguration, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, October 25, 2023.