A party headed by a pro-Kremlin figure came out top after securing more votes than expected in an election in Slovakia, preliminary results show, in what could pose a challenge to NATO and EU unity on Ukraine.

According to preliminary results released by Slovakia’s Statistical Office at 9 a.m. local time, Robert Fico’s populist SMER party won 22.9% of the vote.

Progressive Slovakia (PS), a liberal and pro-Ukrainian party won 17.9%.

Fico, a two-time former prime minister, now has a chance to regain the job but must first seek coalition partners as his party did not secure a big enough share of the vote to govern on its own.

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    1 year ago

    Russian bots do a lot of damage. I see it in my own country Slovenia. All the biggest public forums are overrun by extreme pro Russian sentiment. Any reasonable debate is out of the question. It creates a bubble for radicalising people, especially young people that need a reason to rebel against the government, the west and EU.

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        1 year ago

        Number one would be Luka Dončič. Second probably Slavoj Žižek. Tito was not Slovenian. Melanija unfortunately is.

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          I don’t most people outside Slovenia have heard of Žižek. Dončič basketball fans, but otherwise no.

          So it’s probably Melania. Which I find kinda funny. Kinda like how Salt Bae is probably one of the most famous Turks on social media.

          Shit floats. LOL.

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            Maybe if you are thinking about Americans. Internationally people don’t care about Melania more than they do about Dončić.

            I don’t think Melania ranks top 5.