Former Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korcok scored a surprising victory in the first round of the presidential election on Saturday. In the second round, he will compete against a key ally of Prime Minister Robert Fico, Parliamentary Speaker Peter Pellegrini, reports Reuters. The 59-year-old Korcok, a career diplomat who served as Foreign Minister in Slovakia’s previous government, garnered the most votes among nine candidates in the first round of the election. He received 42.4% of the vote, while 48-year-old Peter Pellegrini, the Speaker of Parliament who leads the Voice party, which is in a …