The situation of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, injured in an assault on Wednesday, stays severe however the newest surgical procedure carried out on Friday would have elevated the possibilities of restoration. This was reported on Saturday by Health Minister Zuzana Dolinková and Defense Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kalinak in a press convention from the Banská Bystrica hospital the place Fico is hospitalized. Fico is at the moment acutely aware and would have had some communication with the members of the federal government who came over him. No transfers to Bratislava or new operations are deliberate within the subsequent few days.
Fico is 59 years previous, the chief of the pro-Russian left-wing populist get together Smer and has been the prime minister of Slovakia since final October, however he had already held the position from 2006 to 2010 and from 2012 to 2018. On Wednesday a person had lately shot him distance within the city of Handlová, whereas the prime minister greeted his supporters: he had hit him thrice. The attacker was stopped and later recognized as Juraj Cintula, 71 years previous.
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