Slovakia’s president, Zuzana Čaputová, a former civil rights lawyer, activist and standard bearer for progressive causes, has sued Robert Fico, the populist head of the country’s main opposition party, for spreading lies about her amid rising tensions before a key parliamentary election at the end of this month.
The election on 30 September pits the former prime minister Fico, whose SMER-SSD party is in the lead, according to the latest polls, against Progressive Slovakia, which is running second.
