Robert Fico, the country’s increasingly illiberal prime minister, who was seriously injured in an assassination attempt in May, no longer has the support of his one-time loyal servant, President Peter ...

Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova. Mr Pellegrini, 48, defeated the pro-Western Ivan Korčok, a former diplomat, with 53% of ...