Reporter’s slaying sparks anti-government protests
Tens of thousands of Slovaks have taken to the streets in new antigovernment protests amid a political crisis triggered by the slayings of an investigative reporter and his fiancee.
Friday’s protests in dozens of towns and cities are taking place despite the appointment of a new Slovak government a day earlier.
Prime Minister Robert Fico’s threeparty coalition stepped down last week after large street protests sparked by the shooting deaths of reporter Jan Kuciak and Martina Kusnirova a month ago. Kuciak was investigating possible widespread government corruption.