Thousands set to protest as Slovak political crisis builds
Reuters Staff
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Thousands of Slovaks were expected to take to the streets on Friday for the second mass protest in a week, as pressure builds on Prime Minister Robert Fico in the wake of a journalist’s murder.
Slovakia has been plunged into crisis by the death of investigative reporter Jan Kuciak, who had probed fraud cases involving politically-connected businessmen and whose last report looked at Italian businessmen in Slovakia with suspected mafia links.
One of the businessmen, who has denied having ties to the Italian mafia, had dealings in the past with two people who later went on to work in Fico’s office. They have both resigned and deny any connection with the murder.
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I'm pretty sure, Slovakia has been part of the "populist" wave in Europe, so I'm watching what is happening in this story.
