Slovak presidential election: Ivan Korcok could thwart Robert Fico's pro-Russian aspirations. The two main candidates to succeed outgoing liberal President Zuzana Caputova will face each other in a second round on April 6.

Peter Pellegrini will indeed have an easier time collecting the votes of supporters of the most nationalist candidates. “There is a chance that the 'orbanization' of Slovakia will not happen,” judges Tomas Koziak and Grigorij Meseznikov say.