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The Slovakian government under left-wing populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has sparked protests with plans to reorganize public broadcaster RTVS. The liberal and conservative opposition has been accusing the coalition of two social democratic and one right-wing populist party of wanting to create a government propaganda broadcaster. On Thursday evening, President Zuzana Čaputová also criticized the plans. Several non-governmental organizations (NGO) announced their intention to call in the European Commission. More than a thousand RTVS employees signed a protest petition by Thursday and did …