[HIGHLIGHTS] Pro-Ukrainian candidate loses: Pellegrini, close to the government, wins presidential election in Slovakia

Pro-Ukrainian candidate loses: Pellegrini, close to the government, wins presidential election in Slovakia. “Slovakia needs calm,” was Peter PellegRini’s campaign slogan.

He is using his success to strengthen the course of the pro-Russian head of government Robert Fico. After 99.8 percent of the electoral districts were counted, he was clearly ahead of the liberal opposition candidate Ivan Korcok, who got just under 47 percent.