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By Albin Sybera Slovak populist Prime Minister Robert Fico forgave his would-be assassin in his first public statement since he was shot on May 15. The Smer leader also immediately attacked the opposition, media, NGOs and the EU, signalling that the period of attempts to reconcile the deeply divided country after the shooting is now over. “It is time to make the first move and that is forgiveness,” Fico opened his video statement posted on his Facebook social media page, adding that “I feel no hatred towards the stranger who shot me” and that “I will not take any legal action against him”. He …

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