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  • Fact Check: Fico Shooting Suspect's Wife Is NOT Ukrainian Refugee -- Police Said Such Speculation Is 'Hoax'

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    Is the wife of the suspect in the attempted assassination of Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico a Ukrainian refugee? No, that's not true: The head of the country's national police said that such speculations on social media are "definitely a hoax." Lead Stories found no credible news reporting corroborating the claim. The claim appeared in a post (archived here) on…

    • May 16, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Fico Shooting Suspect's Wife Is NOT Ukrainian Refugee -- Police Said Such Speculation Is 'Hoax' Police Deny
  • Fact Check: Fico Shooting Suspect Is NOT Member Of Pro-Western Progressive Party -- Interior Minister, Party Chairman Denied It

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    Is a man suspected of shooting Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico a member of the Progressive party opposing Fico's policies? No, that's not true: Both Progressive Slovakia's chairman and the interior minister rejected such claims. As of this writing, no credible media reports corroborated the claim. The story appeared in a post (archived here) on X, formerly known as Twitter,…

    • May 16, 2024
    • by: Uliana Malashenko
    Fact Check: Fico Shooting Suspect Is NOT Member Of Pro-Western Progressive Party -- Interior Minister, Party Chairman Denied It Not Affiliated
  • Fact Check: NO Evidence Robert Fico 'Formally And Publicly Rejected' WHO Global Pandemic Accord Days Before Assassination Attempt

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    Did Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico "formally and publicly" reject the World Health Organization Global Pandemic Accord "only days" before an assassination attempt on May 15, 2024, as a post on X claimed? No, that's not true: The pandemic accord has not been finalized, a World Health Organization spokesperson told Lead Stories on May 15, 2024. Although Fico had voiced…

    • May 15, 2024
    • by: Madison Dapcevich
    Fact Check: NO Evidence Robert Fico 'Formally And Publicly Rejected' WHO Global Pandemic Accord Days Before Assassination Attempt No Record
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