Small assassination attempt in Slovakia; not many hurt

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico will survive, although his injuries are clearly life-changing. There is a ‘surge’ in violent rhetoric in Europe, but not in actual violence. As for the voting block that empowers people like Fico, it is aging out one year at a time.

The assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico on May 15 was alarming, but we can narrow the problem down to a more specific group of people, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Commons Wikimedia/Flickr

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

May 22, 2024

LONDON, U.K.—Madeleine Albright, the former U.S. secretary of state, once called Slovakia “the black hole at the heart of Europe,” which seems a harsh judgment on five million Slovaks. The assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico on May 15 was alarming, but ...

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