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Slovak authorities charged a man with attempting to assassinate Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying he acted alone in a politically motivated attack that left the longtime leader in serious but stable condition. Fico’s pro-Russia views have contributed to deep divisions in the small European country that borders Ukraine. The shooting attack Wednesday shocked the nation and reverberated across the continent weeks ahead of elections for the European Parliament. Slovakia's current president and its president-elect urged people to dial back the sharp rhetoric that has characterized the c...

<strong>Editorial:</strong> The assassination attempt has shocked the country, but reflects deep divisions there and across Europe

Slovak authorities charged a man Thursday with attempting to assassinate populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, saying the suspect acted alone in a politically motivated attack that laid bare the extreme polarization that has gripped the small central European country.

Prime Minister Robert Fico was in serious but stable condition a day after being shot multiple times, a hospital official said.

While TV news was glued last week to Stormy Daniels' tell-all testimony and pro-Palestinian demonstrations, scant attention was paid to Vladimir Putin's tsar-like coronation for a fifth term. Nor to his bellicose parade of Russia's nuclear-capable missiles through Red Square on Thursday, the annual Victory Day commemoration of World War II.