As massive anti-government demonstrations in Slovakia reach the three-month mark, protest organisers and political observers alike say that the country is at a crossroads in the face of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico's turn away from the EU and towards Moscow.
On Friday, crowds will take to the streets across the country once again to voice their discontent with Fico, who has pivoted to the east since taking office for a fourth time in October 2023. Since then, critics have decried his government as increasingly authoritarian and repressive.
