By Albin Sybera Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico’s left-right coalition pushed controversial changes in the judiciary and criminal code through the Slovak National Council (parliament) in a late-night vote on February 8, ignoring mounting domestic protests as well as warnings from Brussels. By March 15, the Special Prosecutor Office, which oversees serious criminal investigations such as into corruption, is to be dismantled, and its cases distributed among other prosecutors who are already overburdened and lack experience with tackling corruption. Punishments for bribes and embezzlement of pu…