Skovak deputy prime minister Robert Kalinak addresses reporters in Banska Bystrica on Friday in front of the hospital where prime minister Robert Fico is being treated after he was shot multiple times in an apparent assassination attempt on Wednesday.
Mr Fico was shot while meeting supporters in the central Slovak city of Handlova on Wednesday. Authorities apprehended a 71-year-old suspect at the scene and have charged him with attempted murder, which they said was politically motivated.Putin and Xi Jinping stress their shared perception of threat the US poses to their interests
His shooting has shocked the nation and other countries ahead of elections to the European Parliament next month. Slovak parties from across the political divide have cancelled their campaigning and the national parliament has suspended its session. Mr Danko said on Friday that he expected Mr Kalinak to take interim charge of government. Mr Kalinak is also the only one of the four deputy prime ministers who is from Smer, the party founded by Mr Fico.
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