Slovak Prime Minister Pellegrini survives no-confidence vote


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  • Tuesday, 17 Sep 2019

FILE PHOTO: Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini arrives at the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 20, 2019. Julien Warnard/Pool via REUTER

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Peter Pellegrini survived a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, days after losing his formal majority in parliament and as revelations about the reach of the main suspect in the murder of a journalist shake his government.

The 2018 killings of investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his fiance Martina Kusnirova shone a spotlight on corruption in Slovakia and sparked huge protests that forced then-Prime Minister Robert Fico to resign.

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