EU state’s PM warns of ‘Maidan’

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has accused the opposition of preparing a ‘Maidan’ in the country, referring to the violent Western-backed protests in Kiev in 2014 that led to the overthrow of democratically-elected Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich.

Speaking at a joint press conference with Hungarian Prime minister Viktor Orban in Bratislava on Tuesday, Fico based his accusations on a report prepared by the Slovak Information Service (SIS) intelligence agency.

“I cannot disclose the content of the report, but I can say in all seriousness that the opposition is preparing a ‘Maidan’. It is gearing up to thwart the government from exercising its powers and it will do this in cooperation with foreign actors,” he said.

Fico said his opponents have failed to notice that the “global state of affairs has changed…