Korčok wins the first round of Slovakia's presidential election
He will face Peter Pellegrini in a run-off round on April 6.
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He will face Peter Pellegrini in a run-off round on April 6.
A pro-western career diplomat has defeated a close ally of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico in the first round of the presidential election to set up a runoff vote
The fate of Slovakia matters to us. It has shown that we are not indifferent to our future, said Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová after the publication of the almost complete results of the first ...
Peter Pellegrini might not be acting independently in the presidential office, media outlets notice.
Final election results in the first round of Slovakia's presidential elections show former foreign minister Ivan Korčok ahead by a clear margin but headed to run-off. Korčok, a liberal, led with 42.5% of the vote, according to the official final results published by the election commission on Sunday. He is set to face Slovak parliamentary speaker Peter Pellegrini in a second round of voting on April 6, as none of the nine candidates received an absolute majority of votes. Pellegrini ended up wit