Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks at a news conference at the end of a European leaders emergency summit on Ukraine, in Brussels March 6, 2014. REUTERS/Yves Herman
SKALICA, Slovakia (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, long the odds-on favourite to be elected president on Saturday, now faces a tight race after voters wary of giving him too much power started backing a rival.
Fear of a overly dominant Fico has boosted support for Andrej Kiska, a political novice who made millions of dollars in consumer lending before becoming a philanthropist in 2006 to run a charity network for families with ill children.
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