Slovak Political Week: PM Fico Clashes with Hungarian Opposition, President Comments on Referendum

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico engaged in a public dispute with Péter Magyar, a Hungarian opposition politician, while President Peter Pellegrini made statements regarding an upcoming referendum. The week also featured discussions about the Beneš Decrees, a post-World War II series of laws that expelled ethnic Germans and Hungarians from Czechoslovakia, along with various domestic legal cases. Additionally, the head of Kofola, a major Central European beverage company, publicly criticized aspects of European Union policy, while ongoing debates continued about the war in Ukraine and its impact on Slovakia.