According to Fico, the meeting was a preparation for his visit to China next spring.

Source: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23255785/news-digest-protests-against-government-gain-strength-as-thousands-take-to-streets.html

Chairman of Smer-Social Democracy party Robert Fico, center, addresses the results of an early parliamentary election during a press conference in Bratislava, Slovakia on Sunday.

Source: https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/10/01/a-populist-ex-premier-who-opposes-support-for-ukraine-leads-his-leftist-party-to-victory-in-slovakia/

Essentially, he says, if you don’t want to see Fico make a comeback, don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

Source: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23217161/a-government-without-smer-is-possible.html

Fico has also railed against the country’s liberal president, Zuzana Caputova, who sued him last month for spreading lies about her.

Source: https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/09/30/robert-fico-pro-russian-slovak/

Fico has pledged an immediate end to Slovak military support for Ukraine and promised to block Ukraine’s NATO ambitions in what would upend Slovakia’s staunch support for Ukraine.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/10/01/pro-russian-politician-wins-slovakias-parliamentary-election/

Fico, who has been using illegal migration as a topic to his advantage in recent weeks, would be the only leader able to form a coalition government.

Source: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23216108/only-fico-can-form-a-strong-coalition-govt-poll-shows.html

Pellegrini replaced Fico as prime minister after he was forced to resign following major anti-government street protests resulting from the 2018 killing of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancee.

Source: https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/populist-pro-russia-premier-claims-victory-slovakias-parliamentary-103633005

Public and exit polls predicted a tight race but in the end, Mr Fico won relatively big after his campaign — considered aggressive and the most radical of his career — attracted voters who favoured the far-right.

Source: https://www.alloaadvertiser.com/news/national/23825951.pro-russia-ex-pm-leads-party-win-slovakias-parliamentary-elections/?ref=rss

Robert Fico is back.

Source: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23222981/fico-is-likely-to-return-but-pellegrini-will-decide-who-governs.html

Robert Fico, twice prime minister of Slovakia, fell from power in 2018 after the murder of a journalist investigating high-level corruption, which led to mass protests.

Source: https://biztoc.com/x/39a6927192a1fdcd?ref=ff

Saturday’s election was a test for the small eastern European country’s support for neighboring Ukraine in its war with Russia, and the win by Fico could strain in the European Union and NATO.

Source: https://krdo.com/news/2023/09/30/a-populist-pro-russia-ex-premier-claims-victory-in-slovakias-parliamentary-elections/

Slovakia needs to calm the situation,” Fico, who led Slovakia as prime minister from 2006-2010 and 2012-2018, told a press conference.

Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/slovakia-election-prime-minister-robert-fico-smer-hlas-patience-coalition/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication

Smer won this election in large part because Fico surrounded himself with people who do not mind telling blatant lies, calling Russia an amazing country and blaming Ukraine for the Russian invasion of its own territory.

Source: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23223005/fico-is-on-his-way-to-becoming-prime-minister-again.html

The liars doubled down, chief among them Smer party leader and former prime minister Robert Fico.

Source: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23173163/big-white-liars.html

The Smer-SD party led by former prime minister Robert Fico scored 23.3 percent, beating the centrist Progressive Slovakia on 17 percent, with almost all votes counted.

Source: https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231001-%F0%9F%94%B4-live-ukraine-shoots-down-16-of-30-russian-drones-in-cherkasy-region

"Why, when Makó talked about it in 2020, did nothing happen in this matter?" asked Fico, as stated by the daily Pravda.

Source: https://spectator.sme.sk/c/23255359/new-charges-against-gaspar-bodor-and-some-others.html