Leftist leader Robert Fico appointed as Slovak PM![]() April 4, 2012 - 16:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic appointed center-left leader Robert Fico as Prime Minister on Wednesday, April 4 after his Smer party won a landslide victory in an early election last month, Reuters reported. The 47-year-old lawyer, who concluded Slovakia's accession to the euro zone during his previous term as prime minister in 2006-2010, replaces Iveta Radicova, whose centre-right government collapsed in October last year. Fico has said he would honor pledges to cut the fiscal gap below the EU's official limit of 3 percent next year, flagging higher taxes for wealthy Slovaks and companies. ![]() ![]() Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. ![]() ![]() Partner news | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |