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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lili Bayer

Slovakian prime minister sparks alarm with threat to restrict media

Robert Fico
Robert Fico claimed the media outlets ‘openly declare hatred and hostility’ against his party. Photograph: Petr David Josek/AP

Slovakian journalists and international watchdogs have expressed alarm after the new prime minister, Robert Fico, described leading media outlets as hostile and threatened to restrict their access.

Fico, who took over as Slovakia’s leader in October as part of a coalition government led by his populist Smer party, said this week that some of the country’s biggest outlets were not welcome in his office.

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