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Supporters of former Slovak Prime Minister and head of leftist SMER — Social Democracy party Robert Fico attend an election rally in Michalovce, Slovakia, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Fico, whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early parliamentary election this month plans to reverse the country’s military and political support for neighboring Ukraine in a direct challenge to the European Union and NATO if he returns to power. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

As Slovakia’s trust in democracy fades, its election front-runner campaigns against aid to Ukraine

By Karel Janicek - Associated Press

People vote at a polling station during general elections in Trnava, Slovakia, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Slovaks vote Saturday in parliamentary elections widely expected to unseat the country's long-dominant but scandal-tainted center-left party that governed on an anti-immigration platform, in favor of a coalition headed by center-right populists. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Exit polls: Opposition appears to be winning Slovakia vote

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 file photo, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, right, gives a media statement, with Minister of Interior Robert Kalinak, left, in Bratislava, Slovakia. Slovakia’s police say they have charged former Prime Minister Robert Fico with racism for his comments about the embattled Roma minority. The investigators say Fico, a populist leader, publicly agreed with racist remarks about the Roma made by a far-right lawmaker who was convicted of racism by a court earlier this year. Police said Thursday, Dec.5, 2019 Fico could face up to five years in prison if tried and convicted. (AP Photo/Bundas Engler, file)

Ex-Slovak prime minister Robert Fico charged with racism

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Senior ruling party suffers losses in Slovak local elections

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Robert Fico (center), chairman of the Smer-Social Democrats (Smer-SD), celebrates with party members in the early morning of Sunday, March 11, 2012, in Bratislava, Slovakia, after the party won early elections on Saturday with a comfortable majority in parliament. (AP Photo/CTK, Jano Koller)

Leftist opposition wins big in Slovakian election

By Karel Janicek - Associated Press

Robert Fico, head of Slovakia's Smer-Social Democracy party, looks on during a parliamentary session in Bratislava, Slovakia, on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. Lawmakers voted against a measure to boost the European Union bailout fund. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Slovak parties in deal to approve EU bailout fund

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