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This article is absolutely biased against Fico. Actually this is the worst article in terms of objectivity I have ever read on wikipedia. Partly no sources are cited, if sources are cited, citations are one-sided and do not cover other opinions. I deleted some text that was libelous and couldn't stand without any citations. J —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.42.164.105 (talk) 19:19, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Please people, stop grinding your axes. Just tell the story. I removed the stuff about "criticizing the previous policies admired by the elites" because it is repeated, and covered better under Domestic Affairs, and it is a little too specific for an overview of his life. Peace, y'all. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.114.43.243 (talk) 06:35, 13 March 2012 (UTC)
I just deleted the second paragraph in the summary, because it is not a summary, but a sentence about the SMERS party, not Fico. The information is repeated in the 2006 election paragraph anyways. This summary header should sumarrie Fico's life, not give detail on on event. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 174.114.43.243 (talk) 06:56, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
Fico had made no mention of condemning Georgia, the citation leads to a site that contradicts this erroneous statement. This is a total smear peace. The whole article has no objectivity! It calls his voters lower class, uneducated villagers. Has the Central Statistics Commission of the Slovak Republic confirmed this? Absolute garbage this whole article is! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.50.8.121 (talk) 05:58, 13 June 2010 (UTC)
Recently, the part of sentence
Fico's communication with the media is sometimes arrogant and evasive.
was changed to
Fico's communication with the media is arrogant and evasive.
It means quantifying word sometimes was removed, in my view unjustly. Surely the Fico's communication with media is not always as claimed. That is why I am returning the word sometimes into sentence. By the way, this whole sentence is unsourced and critical, therefore potentially challengeable, but I am sure it will be possible to source it. Anyone? --Ruziklan (talk) 13:14, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
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It would be just a minute harder to find what I found and linked, and add them here, instead of this useless and unneeded debate about (what it turned out) that we are agreeing :) unless you enjoy constantly apologizing for (or wish-washing or explaining) your actions. In that case, I haven't said anything...:) --Rembaoud (talk) 14:42, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Oh, so you're that[1] blogger. I just guessed it untill now. introduce yourself in english too ;) Or at leastm translate this:[2] for Elonka :) --Rembaoud (talk) 11:34, 2 May 2008 (UTC)
Nonono, the Elonka's experiment part, the last section, and for Elonka, not here. Btw I think, I'll buy the Slovak version too. :) Fico's article about his relationship with the media should be copiedited and expanded, you are right. -Rembaoud (talk) 13:19, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
This article is very subjective and I think it is wrote by some right-wing symphatize people.
Because this article is about a living person, it falls under Wikipedia's policy of Biographies of living people. The policy is clear, that anything that is negative and unsourced is to be removed immediately and aggressively. Ruziklan was correct to remove such statements. They can be re-added, but only if they are linked to solid sources. See WP:BLP. --Elonka 20:14, 30 April 2008 (UTC)
How can I work on this {Government of Slovakia} template? Several things have to be changed!-- Derim Hunt (talk) 10:19, 21 May 2010 (UTC)
As Fico is to start his second stint as prime minister, this out of date (and poorly written) article needs a rewrite. I hope at least one editor from Slovakia is up to the task. I will begin my participation in earnest in April. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pittsburgh Agreementish (talk • contribs) 20:07, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
The article is indeed poorly written and in my humble opinion it might also partially contradict WP:LIVING. However, at this moment Mr. Fico is the most polarizing living figure in the Slovak Republic and virtually all Slovak editors will be somewhat biased. Luckily, there are extremely few Slovak Wikipedians on English Wikipedia, so this should be moot. Also, please note that the article - as bad as it is - is currently more-or less true, as shocking as it may sound to someone form a more developed country. My suggestion is to let native-english speakers improve the article by sourcing as much as possible while keeping the spirit of this version somewhat. Brutalhovno (talk) 21:58, 11 March 2012 (UTC)
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I am not the editting type, so I hope someone will fix this in my place. The article currently incorrectly states that he is still PM. According to legislation he seized to be PM at the moment he resigned. His appointed successor is Peter Pellegrini, but he is not Prime Minister either, since he needs to be confirmed by the National Council first. That means Slovakia has no current Prime Minister. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.80.249.97 (talk) 08:25, 18 March 2018 (UTC)
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Fico “sought to associate refugees and Muslims with terrorism”. More than 90% of people entering Europe from the Middle East are Muslims, which reflects the religious makeup of the Middle East’s population. The phrase “to seek to associate Muslims with terrorism” gives the impression that Muslims as a rule have nothing to do with terrorism, and associating them with terrorism reflects a conspiracy theory. However this is far from being the case. In Britain over the last five years, Muslim terrorists have killed 18 times as many people as have non-Muslim terrorists (36 dead and 2 dead respectively), although Muslims make up less than 5% of the population. So, on a per capita basis, Muslims in Britain account for about 350 times as many terrorism deaths as non-Muslims. Furthermore, this phenomenon is reproduced with monotonous regularity in dozens of countries. United States: In the US between 2008 and 2016 (9 years), Muslim terrorists killed 90 people and non-Muslim terrorists killed 86 people. Muslims make up about 3% of the population. Therefore in the US Muslims accounted per capita for 100 times as many terrorism deaths as non-Muslims.[1] European Union: Between 2015 and 2020 (6 years) Muslim terrorists killed 360 people in the EU, and non-Muslim terrorists killed 17 people. Muslims make up about 5% of the population. Therefore in the EU Muslims accounted per capita for 400 times as many terrorism deaths as non-Muslims. Every year between 2015 and 2019, more than 95% of terrorism deaths in the EU were caused by Muslims, although Muslims make up only 6% of the EU population. In 2020 the Muslim share of terrorism deaths in the EU dropped to 57%. Year 2015: 150 Muslim terrorism deaths = 100% of all terrorism deaths in the EU; Year 2016: 135 Muslim terrorism deaths = 95% of all terrorism deaths in the EU; Year 2017: 62 Muslim terrorism deaths = 98% of all terrorism deaths in the EU; Year 2018: 13 Muslim terrorism deaths = 100% of all terrorism deaths in the EU; Year 2019: 10 Muslim terrorism deaths = 100% of all terrorism deaths in the EU; Year 2020: 12 Muslim terrorism deaths = 57% of all terrorism deaths in the EU; 2015-2020 TOTAL: 360 terrorism deaths in the EU were by caused by Muslims = 95% of all terrorism deaths in the EU; [2] According to Amnesty International, the UN Development Programme has noted [3] that the concept of preventing violent extremism “as a whole in certain (European) countries is focused on Islamist violent extremism, obscuring other forms of extremism."[4] Accordingly Amnesty International argues that concentrating on Islam as the main current of thought inspiring terrorism is wrong because it causes stigmatization of Muslims. But when the UN Development Programme studied terrorism in Africa in 2017 it also focused on Islamic terrorism to the exclusion of all other forms of terrorism. [5] Among the recommendations for combating extremism are: “• Supporting and amplifying the voices of traditional religious leaders who challenge misinterpretations of Islam and preach religious tolerance and inter-faith cohesiveness; … • Investing in the development of community-led governance systems providing transparent and accountable leadership of religious affairs. Such systems should include mosque management, development and dissemination of curricula by religious preachers and madrassas, and engagement with parents on teaching content;”[6] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Banderswipe (talk • contribs) 21:28, 13 March 2022 (UTC)
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Hi Reflecktor, someone calling Ukrainians nazis and fascists and accusing them of genocide in Donbas as good old Russian propaganda does is pretty anti-Ukrainian. WP:SKYISBLUE. We don't have any source specifically saying "Vladimir Putin is anti-Ukrainian" but I dare you to remove the category from his article. Super Dromaeosaurus (talk) 20:51, 6 October 2023 (UTC)
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Happened minutes ago but there are reports of him being shot and injured Ashiwashi (talk) 13:15, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
:Yes.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10] ExclusiveEditor Notify Me! 15:39, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
ExclusiveEditor Notify Me! 15:50, 15 May 2024 (UTC)
Here are few sources of relative early reporting of news[1][2]
ExclusiveEditor Notify Me! 13:26, 16 May 2024 (UTC)
According to the suspect, this was not an assassination attempt but a deliberate wounding. Source: https://www.politico.eu/article/slovak-pm-robert-fico-attack-shooting-suspect-policies-ukraine-war/ Russ London (talk) 20:00, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
Regardless of his health, Fico remains the chairman of the party and there is no talk of any possibility of a replacement. It needs to be fixed in the Infobox. 90.64.67.24 (talk) 09:23, 25 May 2024 (UTC)