PM's right-hand man under fire as Slovakia takes on EU presidency


  • World
  • Friday, 01 Jul 2016

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak Interior Minister Robert Kalinak, a close ally of Prime Minister Robert Fico, faced a second vote of no-confidence on Thursday in the space of just three weeks, putting pressure on the government as it takes over the rotating European Union presidency.

Thousands of Slovaks protested earlier this week to demand Kalinak's resignation over a business transaction with a real estate developer, one of whose companies is being investigated over allegations of tax fraud.

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