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Former Slovak PM Heger: Political violence on the rise

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Biresh Banerjee
May 16, 2024

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a stable but "very serious" condition after being shot multiple times. Former Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger told DW "violence has no room in democratic society."

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