Slovak Opposition Leader Claims Security Services Leaked Phone Bill Records

Michal Šimečka, leader of the opposition Progressive Slovakia party, accused security services of orchestrating intelligence operations against him after records emerged showing his phone bill was paid by a non-governmental organization led by his mother in 2012. The bill concerned a phone number Šimečka had inherited from his grandmother. Šimečka characterized the revelation as part of a broader "intelligence game" targeting him and his family. Progressive Slovakia is Slovakia's largest opposition party and has been critical of the current government led by Robert Fico's Smer-SD party. The controversy adds to ongoing political tensions between the ruling coalition and opposition forces in Slovakia.