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Departure of Slovakia PM leads to technocrat government
Monday, 8 May 2023 15:30

Slovakia's Prime Minister Eduard Heger resigned yesterday four months ahead of a parliamentary election in September.

Mr Heger had led a minority conservative government since 2021 but had been on fragile ground since December when he lost a no-confidence vote in parliament.

Mr Heger's resignation followed a week in which two of his cabinet ministers had also quit - agricultural minister Samuel Vlcan over allegations involving subsidies for a company that he owns and, one day later, the resignation of his foreign minister Ratislav Kacer.

The departure of Mr Heger raises the prospect of a return to office of former Prime Minister Robert Fico, who leads the populist, centre-left Slovak Social Democracy party (SMER).

Mr Fico's party is currently polling at 17%, the largest show of support for a party in Slovakia, just ahead of Voice, another centre-left party, according to Politico’s Poll of Polls.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2023/0508/13823 ... m-resigns/
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Slovakia cuts aid to Ukraine after pro-Moscow candidate wins election

1 October 2023 • 3:44pm

Slovakia is set to cut military aid to Ukraine after its pro-Moscow former premier Robert Fico won the country’s parliamentary elections on Saturday.

Mr Fico’s Left-wing Smer-SSD party took the lead – though not the majority – by appealing to anti-western and pro-Russian sentiment.

Mr Fico’s campaign call “not a single round” for Ukraine appealed to voters in the nation of 5.5 million where only a minority believe Russia is at fault for the Ukraine war.

After the results were announced on Sunday, Mr Fico said Slovakia had “bigger problems” than Ukraine.

The country’s previous government had been steadfast in its support for Kyiv, supplying surface-to-air missiles and helicopters, and even donating its entire fleet of retired MiG-29 fighter jets.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/ ... s-electio/
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