Slovakia’s former president Ivan Gašparović on Friday expressed hopes that a deep schism within the country will be overcome following the attempted assassination this week of Prime Minister Robert Fico. “Slovakia is totally divided,” 83-year-old Gašparović lamented on Czech public television, adding that society had at least found some unity in this terrible moment. “Even those who have completely different views on Fico and politics in Slovakia have realized that things can’t go on like this,” said Gašparović, a lawyer who headed the country from 2004 to 2014. The National Council, Slovakia’…