Thousands protest against Slovakia's PM on anniversary of journalist's murder
Thousands of anti-government protesters commemorate the seventh anniversary of the killings of an investigative journalist and his fiancée in Slovakia.
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Thousands of anti-government protesters commemorate the seventh anniversary of the killings of an investigative journalist and his fiancée in Slovakia.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/02/22/thousands-of-slovaks-protest-against-pm-robert-fico-mark-seventh-anniversary-of-journalist
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00:00Thousands of anti-government protesters commemorated the 7th anniversary of the killing of investigative
00:07journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée in 2018.
00:12Kuciak had been investigating possible government corruption, among other issues, when he was
00:17killed in his hometown at the age of 27.
00:21Major nationwide protests erupted after his killing, which led to the collapse of a coalition
00:26government headed by Robert Fietsoe.
00:30Fietsoe has since returned to power after his leftist SMER party won a parliamentary
00:34election in 2023.
00:38The protest is part of a wave of anti-government demonstrations against his pro-Russia policies.
00:45The protests started in December after the Slovak premier visited Moscow to meet Russia's
00:50President Vladimir Putin in a rare visit by a European Union leader.
00:56Since his return to power, he has ended military support to Ukraine, criticized EU sanctions
01:01on Russia, and threatened to leave the EU and NATO.