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Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is out of danger following an attempt on his life on Wednesday, Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kaliňák and the deputy head of the hospital where Fico is being treated told the news agency TASR on Sunday. "Based on the adviser to the medical consultation this morning, we can state that the patient is currently not in a life-threatening condition," the deputy head of the university hospital in Banská Bystrica, Milan Urbáni, told journalists. "However, his condition is still very serious and he will need a long time and rest to recover." Kaliňák, who is also the......

Doctors operated on Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico again on Friday, two days after the attempt on his life, government and hospital officials said. The procedure was a "standard step," according to Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak and the head of the hospital in the regional capital Banská Bystrica, Miriam Lapunikova. Their comments were reported by the TASR news agency. The two did not go into detail. Fico, 59, remains in intensive care and it is unclear if he will make a full recovery. Fico was hit by four shots and underwent five hours of surgery in the Banská Bystrica hospital o......

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was critically injured in an assassination attempt on Wednesday, has regained consciousness after an operation lasting several hours, local media reported. However, neither the television station TA3 nor the newspaper Dennik provided any further information on Fico's state of health late on Wednesday night. Earlier on Wednesday evening, according to official information, the 59-year-old's life had been in danger. There has been no new statement or explanation from the government since then. The 59-year-old left-wing nationalist politician was flown to ......

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has been injured in a shooting and taken to hospital, news agency TASR reported. The shooting took place after a Cabinet meeting in the town of Handlová, the agency reported, citing the deputy leader of Fico's left-wing nationalist Smer party, Ľuboš Blaha. "Utterly shocked by today's brutal and reckless attack on Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico, which I condemn in strongest possible terms," wrote President Zuzana Čaputová on X. "I wish him lot of strength in this critical moment and early recovery. My thoughts are also with his family and close ones.......