EU state’s PM brands journalists ‘bloodthirsty bastards’

Slovakia’s Robert Fico has blamed the press for creating the atmosphere of hate that inspired a gunman to shoot him in the stomach in May

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused journalists from major media outlets of being “possessed by the devil” and threatened to establish a national media watchdog, along with introducing professional qualification exams to rein in the “hate” they spread through their articles.

Fico made...