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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Slovakia PM quits and is replaced by caretaker as political crisis deepens

Eduard Heger delivers a statement after meeting the president on Sunday
Eduard Heger gives a statement on Sunday after meeting the president to offer his resignation. Photograph: Radovan Stoklasa/Reuters

Slovakia’s prime minister has resigned and been replaced by a caretaker, deepening the country’s political crisis months before an election that looks likely to be won by a Moscow-friendly party opposed to further military aid to Ukraine.

The central bank deputy governor, Ľudovít Ódor, was due this week to become leader of a technocrat government after the prime minister, Eduard Heger, himself acting as a caretaker since losing his majority last September, stepped down on Sunday.

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