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Presidential candidate Peter Pellegrini, who currently serves as Parliament's speaker, smiles before casting his vote during the first round of the presidential election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Saturday, March 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Slovakia votes for a successor to the nation’s first female president. An April 6 runoff is expected

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Protesters gather during the initiative ''For a decent Slovakia'', on the 6th anniversary of the murder of Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Wednesday Feb. 21, 2024. Thousands rallied in dozens of cities and towns across Slovakia on Wednesday to mark the sixth anniversary of the slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee amid a wave of anti-government protests. (Jaroslav Novák/TASR via AP)

Thousands rally in Slovakia to mark the 2018 slayings of an investigative journalist and his fiancee

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People gather to take part in a protest against a government plan to amend the penal code, in Bratislava, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of major cities in Slovakia to renew their protests against plans by the new government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico to amend the country’s penal code. The changes proposed by the three-party coalition government include a proposal to abolish the special prosecutors’ office which handles serious crimes such as graft, organized crime and extremism. (Jaroslav Novak/TASR via AP)

Thousands protest in Slovakia against a government plan to amend the penal code

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Former Slovak Prime Minister and head of leftist SMER - Social Democracy party Robert Fico arrives for an election rally in Michalovce, Slovakia, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Fico leads his party in the upcoming early elections that are held in Slovakia on Sept. 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Slovakia election pits a pro-Russia former prime minister against a liberal pro-West newcomer

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In this Sept. 13, 2021 file photo Pope Francis attends a meeting with priests, religious men and women, seminarians and catechists, at the Cathedral of Saint Martin, in Bratislava, Slovakia, Pope Francis has acknowledged his increasingly vocal right-wing critics, saying their nasty comments were the work of the devil and that some wanted me dead after his recent intestinal surgery. Francis made the comments during a Sept. 13 private meeting with Slovakian Jesuits soon after he arrived in the Slovak capital, Bratislava. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, file) **FFILE**

Pope Francis’ remarks seen as rebuke of critical U.S. Catholic media

By Mark A. Kellner - The Washington Times

Leader of the Ordinary People and Independent Personalities party Igor Matovic addresses his supporters, acknowledging preliminary results of the general election in Trnava, Slovakia, Sunday, March 1, 2020. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Slovakia’s populists win vote with anti-corruption stance

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Rory Sabbatini watches his shot from 10th tee during the first round of the Sony Open PGA Tour golf event, Thursday, Jan. 10, 2019, at the Waialae Country Club in Honolulu, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Rory Sabbatini now playing for Slovakia

By DOUG FERGUSON - Associated Press