Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said he hopes to return to work gradually starting around late June or early July. Fico was shot and seriously wounded in an assassination attempt on May 15. In his first appearance since the shooting, Fico said he will not take legal steps against the gunman, who he claims was "a messenger of evil and political hatred." In a campaign-style video released on June 5, Fico decried what he perceived as attacks on Slovak sovereignty, democracy, and free speech. He stressed that he believes the attack occurred because of political opposition, although Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok described the shooter as a "lone wolf."
Slovak PM Posts Speech Online In First Since Assassination Attempt
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks for the first time since being shot and wounded in an assassination attempt against him last month, in Bratislava.