Slovakia: protesters demand new elections, Kuciak family lawyer worries about absurd statements by authorities
By Emil Weber
Organisers of the civil protest in Slovakia are calling for snap elections despite Prime Minister Robert Fico’s resignation on Thursday, following the murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak.
More protests have been announced for Friday afternoon, 16 March 2018, in around 30 cities within Slovakia and also foreign capitals.
Thousands of people joined two earlier demonstrations in the past two weeks in the wake of the murder of Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová, who were found shot dead on February 25 in the town of Vel’ka Mača.
Kuciak’s recent social media posts and stories involved the doings of suspicious…
