Slovak media called Friday’s protest in the capital, Bratislava, the biggest since the 1989 Velvet revolution that toppled communism in Czechoslovakia. They must be protected | Roberto Saviano Read moreOrganisers demanded a thorough investigation of Kuciak’s death and a “new trustworthy government”. Photograph: Joe Klamar/AFP/Getty ImagesPolice and state officials, including Fico, had warned of potential violence at demonstrations, though there were no reports of disruption. The attack on the Hungarian-born billionaire echoes those of Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, who has accused Soros of interfering in Hungarian politics. He has resisted a call from the inter-ethnic Most-Hid party to sack interior minister Robert Kaliňák, his close ally.

Source: The Guardian March 09, 2018 20:03 UTC