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

Juraj Cintula, 72, admits shooting the prime minister in May last year but denies wanting to kill him. Prosecutors describe ...

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

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 ...

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

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — A man went on trial Tuesday over last year’s attempted assassination of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. Juraj Cintula, appearing in court in the ...