By Albin Sybera The Slovak parliament has approved a set of legislative measures introducing restrictions on protests and gatherings, strengthening security for high public officials and introducing lifetime pensions for some of them, following the assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico last month. The bill was approved in a shortened legislative process amid criticism from the opposition and NGOs. Some 1,000 protesters marched through Bratislava earlier this month in a demonstration against the bill. Although ruling coalition legislators softened the bill they also vowed to intro…
