Slovakia's prime minister Robert Fico: 'A right to have a different opinion has ceased to exist in the European Union.' Photograph: Robert Fico Facebook pageon Thursday, Mr Fico said the attack caused serious damage to his health and “it will be a small miracle if I return to work in several weeks”.
‘Pockmarked with bullet holes’: To visit the Balkans is also to ponder the unheeded lessons of history Mr Fico suggested that his views of Russia’s war on Ukraine and other issues that sharply differ from the European mainstream had made him a victim. Mr Fico was released from hospital in the central city of Banska Bystrica last week, and taken to his home in Bratislava, where he continues to recuperate.