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Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico mentioned he had returned to work on Tuesday, virtually two months after a lone gunman had shot him 4 instances on Might 15.<\/p>\n
The 59-year-old Fico was shot from shut vary after a authorities assembly in central Slovakia and underwent two prolonged surgical procedures in a close-by hospital.<\/p>\n
The gunman, recognized by Slovak media as 71-year-old poet Juraj Cintula and prosecuted on terrorism prices, is in custody awaiting trial.<\/p>\n
Fico leads a three-party coalition of his centrist Smer-SD social gathering, the centrist Hlas and the far-right SNS governing the EU and NATO member of 5.4 million individuals.<\/p>\n
Slovak media mentioned the nationalist-leaning Fico, who is usually criticised by the EU together with Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban, got here to Tuesday’s cupboard assembly via a tunnel to keep away from journalists.<\/p>\n “Pricey progressive liberal media and opposition, I apologise for having survived however I am again,” Fico mentioned on Fb, posting an image of himself in his workplace.<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/amp-iframe><\/p>\n When Fico took workplace final autumn, Slovakia refused to proceed navy assist to Ukraine, going through a Russian invasion since February 2022.<\/p>\n The premier himself has been advocating peace talks with Russia, like Hungary’s Orban.<\/p>\n Fico’s cupboard has additionally raised eyebrows by approving payments seen as jeopardising judicial and media freedoms.<\/p>\n Fico was launched from hospital on Might 31 and made his first public look at a ceremony close to Bratislava final Friday.<\/p>\n In a speech, he hailed Orban’s controversial journey to Moscow, saying he “would have cherished to hitch him” if he have been wholesome sufficient.<\/p>\n Fico additionally known as on Slovakia to construct a wall to cease “progressive and liberal ideologies”, likening them to most cancers.<\/p>\n Following the assassination try, Fico walks with a crutch. He has additionally visibly misplaced weight.<\/p>\n (Aside from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is printed from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n