Slovak president appoints Robert Fico as new prime minister

Slovak President Zuzana Caputova appointed Robert Fico as the country’s new prime minister on Wednesday, local media reported.

This is Fico’s fourth time as Slovakian prime minister. Zuzana Caputova appointed Fico and his cabinet after Fico’s SMER-SSD party won a September 30 election and formed a coalition with the center-left HLAS and nationalist SNS parties.

(With input from Reuters)