BRATISLAVA, Slovakia A populist former prime minister and his leftist party won parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message, according to almost complete results. With results from 99.2 percent of some 6,000 polling stations counted by the Slovak Statistics Office early Sunday, former Prime Minister Robert Fico
The populist victory means NATO will have its first leader sympathetic to Vladimir Putin, who is opposed to EU sanctions against Moscow and has vowed to withdraw military support for neighbouring Ukraine.
A populist former prime minister and his leftist party have won early parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message, according to almost complete results.
Former Prime Minister Robert Fico and the leftist Smer, or
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Former Prime Minister Robert Fico and the leftist Smer, or Direction, party had 22.9% of the votes, the Slovak Statistics Office said early Sunday after counting 99.98% of the ballots from some 6,000 polling stations