Caputova may have also got a last-minute boost after prosecutors charged a businessman believed to have ties to Smer-SD with ordering the murder of the journalist. Neither candidate is on track for an outright victory and a run-off vote for the largely largely ceremonial post is expected on March 30. – Murder probe update –Caputova, a deputy head of the non-parliamentary Progressive Slovakia party, told AFP that “people are calling for change”. Campaigning on the slogan “Always for Slovakia”, Sefcovic has promised greater social benefits for the elderly and young families. “The Kuciak murder turned Slovakia upside down… Slovakia’s still polarised and Smer hasn’t changed a bit,” she told AFP.

Source: The Guardian March 16, 2019 10:41 UTC