Robert Fico (Slovak: [ˈrɔbert ˈfitsɔ]; born 15 September 1964) is a Slovak politician who is currently serving as the prime minister of Slovakia since 2023. He previously served as prime minister from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018.

6 days ago · BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Tens of thousands of people in Slovakia gathered at squares and street across the country on Friday to voice their opposition to the pro-Russia policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico.. The latest wave of anti-government rallies was fueled by Fico’s recent trip to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a rare visit to the Kremlin by a ...

18 hours ago · A plane ferrying Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to Brussels for a meeting with European Commission top brass was turned around as a result of a technical problem that closed Belgian airspace on Thursday. Fico was due to arrive in Brussels to meet Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The pro ...

5 days ago · Jan 25 (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico rejected protesters' calls for his resignation on Saturday after tens of thousands demonstrated against his government's policy shift closer to ...

Jan 24, 2025 · Fico denies opposition claims he wants to take Slovakia out of the EU and Nato, saying his country's membership in both institutions was not in question. EPA Robert Fico accuses the opposition of ...

On 15 May 2024, Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico was shot and critically injured in the central Slovak town of Handlová, in front of its House of Culture after a government meeting. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He was hospitalised and stabilised after emergency surgery.

May 16, 2024 · Slovakia’s populist prime minister, Robert Fico, was shot multiple times and gravely wounded Wednesday after a political event in an attempted assassination that shocked the small country and reverberated across Europe.

May 16, 2024 · Bratislava, Slovakia — Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot multiple times Wednesday and left in a life-threatening condition, according to his Facebook page and the Slovak...

Nov 21, 2023 · Slovakia’s new government led by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico who ended the country’s military aid for Ukraine as it fights Russia’s invasion a mandatory confidence vote in Parliament on Tuesday.

May 15, 2024 · Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was rushed to hospital in critical condition on Wednesday after he was shot five times in an assassination attempt that shocked the country. The attack...