Juraj Cintula, who admitted to shooting Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico without intent to kill, faces trial under terrorism charges. Tensions in Slovakia rise as political narratives clash, with ...

A man has gone on trial for last year’s attempted assassination of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico ...

A 72-year-old poet said he had shot Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to defend "free culture" as he went on trial Tuesday ...

The man who shot and seriously wounded Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico last year railed against Fico as he was led in ...

A 72-year-old poet said he had shot and wounded Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to defend "free culture" as he went on ...

While umbrellas popped open across Slovakia, all eyes turned to a courtroom where one of the most closely guarded criminal cases in recent Slovak history finally came into public view. The trial of ...

Juraj Cintula, 72, could face life behind bars if he is convicted over the attack on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico last year.

Juraj Cintula, center, is escorted to the Specialized Criminal Court in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia Tuesday, July 8, 2025, for a trial over last year’s attempted assassination of Slovakia’s ...

Juraj Cintula shot nationalist, Kremlin-friendly Fico four times at close range after a government meeting in the central Slovak mining town of Handlova on May 15, 2024, leaving him seriously wounded.

Juraj Cintula shot nationalist, Kremlin-friendly Fico four times at close range after a government meeting in the central Slovak mining town of Handlova on May 15, 2024, leaving him seriously wounded.

Juraj Cintula shot nationalist, Kremlin-friendly Fico four times at close range after a government meeting in the central Slovak mining town of Handlova on May 15, 2024, leaving him seriously wounded.

Juraj Cintula, 72, acknowledges shooting the prime minister in May 2024 but denies intending to kill him. Prosecutors call it an act of terrorism.