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Slovak president-elect visits wounded PM Fico, describing coalition gov't "solid"

STORY: Slovak president-elect visits wounded PM Fico, describing coalition gov't "solid" SHOOTING TIME: May 16, 2024 DATELINE: May 17, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:42 LOCATION: BANSKA BYSTRICA, Slovakia CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of Slovak president-elect's speech to media 2. various of F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital STORYLINE: Slovak's three-party coalition government is solid, Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, said Thursday after visiting wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. One of the deputy prime ministers might temporarily take over the duties of Fico, who was shot Wednesday and is still in critical condition after a surgery at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica. Pellegrini paid a short visit to Fico Thursday afternoon, saying that he "spoke with Fico for a few minutes" and the prime minister was "really really tired and in a really difficult situation at this moment." There will be "difficult hours and days" in front of Fico and "I told him we stand behind

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL-PRESIDENT-ELECT-VISIT

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Peter Pellegrini (R), Slovak president-elect, speaks to media at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. Slovak's three-party coalition government is solid, Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, said Thursday after visiting wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL-PRESIDENT-ELECT-VISIT

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Peter Pellegrini (R, front), Slovak president-elect, speaks to media at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. Slovak's three-party coalition government is solid, Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, said Thursday after visiting wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL-PRESIDENT-ELECT-VISIT

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Peter Pellegrini (L), Slovak president-elect, speaks to media at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. Slovak's three-party coalition government is solid, Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, said Thursday after visiting wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL-PRESIDENT-ELECT-VISIT

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, speaks to media at the F. D. Roosevelt University Hospital in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. Slovak's three-party coalition government is solid, Peter Pellegrini, Slovak president-elect, said Thursday after visiting wounded Prime Minister Robert Fico. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Media staff members work outside a hospital in which Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico receives medical treatment, in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. The condition of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico after the Wednesday shooting is still serious, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Robert Kalinak said here Thursday afternoon. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Media staff members work outside a hospital in which Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico receives medical treatment, in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. The condition of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico after the Wednesday shooting is still serious, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Robert Kalinak said here Thursday afternoon. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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Slovakia PM In Serious Condition After Shooting

University Hospital with the F.D. Roosevelt Polyclinic, where Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life after being shot in an assassination attempt. Slovakia , Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on May 16, 2024. Photo by Rafal Klimkiewicz/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Slovakia PM In Serious Condition After Shooting

University Hospital with the F.D. Roosevelt Polyclinic, where Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life after being shot in an assassination attempt. Slovakia , Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on May 16, 2024. Photo by Rafal Klimkiewicz/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Slovakia PM In Serious Condition After Shooting

University Hospital with the F.D. Roosevelt Polyclinic, where Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life after being shot in an assassination attempt. Slovakia , Banska Bystrica, Slovakia on May 16, 2024. Photo by Rafal Klimkiewicz/Newspix/ABACAPRESS.COM

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Media staff work outside a hospital in which Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico receives medical treatment, in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. Fico was wounded Wednesday afternoon after attending a government meeting in the town of Handlova, some 150 km northeast of the capital. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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SLOVAKIA-BANSKA BYSTRICA-PM-SHOT-HOSPITAL

(240516) -- BANSKA BYSTRICA, May 16, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A journalist works outside a hospital in which Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico receives medical treatment, in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, on May 16, 2024. Fico was wounded Wednesday afternoon after attending a government meeting in the town of Handlova, some 150 km northeast of the capital. (Xinhua/He Canling)

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ZUZANA CAPUTOVA

Slovak President ZUZANA CAPUTOVA attends celebrations of 75th anniversary of the anti-Nazi Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, August 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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ZUZANA CAPUTOVA

Slovak President ZUZANA CAPUTOVA attends celebrations of 75th anniversary of the anti-Nazi Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, August 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Tomas Tuhy, Lubomir Metnar, Ales Opata, Radek Vondracek, Jaroslav Kubera, Andrej Babis

From left front Tomas Tuhy, Lubomir Metnar, Ales Opata, Radek Vondracek, Jaroslav Kubera, Andrej Babis attended celebrations of 75th anniversary of the anti-Nazi Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, August 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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ZUZANA CAPUTOVA

Slovak President ZUZANA CAPUTOVA attends celebrations of 75th anniversary of the anti-Nazi Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, August 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Rudolf Schuster, Ivan Gasparovic, Andrej Kiska

From left former presidents of Slovakia Rudolf Schuster, Ivan Gasparovic and Andrej Kiska attended celebrations of 75th anniversary of the anti-Nazi Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, August 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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PETER PELLEGRINI

Slovak Prime Minister PETER PELLEGRINI attends celebrations of 75th anniversary of the anti-Nazi Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, August 29, 2019. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)