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Thousands of Slovaks rallied in the capital on Thursday to protest a controversial overhaul of the country’s public radio and television services, a move that critics say would result in the government taking full control of the media. The coalition government of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico approved the measure on 24 April, and the Parliament, where Fico’s coalition government has a majority, is expected to approve it in June. The plan has been widely criticized by President Zuzana Čaputová, local journalists, the opposition, international media organizations and the European Commissio…