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(Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico suffered life-threatening injuries when he was shot and wounded in an attempted assassination on Wednesday, the government office said.

Following are reactions to the assassination attempt:

EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN

"Such acts of violence have no place in our society and undermine democracy, our most precious common good. My thoughts are with PM Fico, his... (continue reading...)

CHISINAU (Reuters) - The Moldovan Justice Ministry asked a Chisinau court to place restrictions on political activities by the pro-Russian Chance party for six months on Wednesday.

The ministry said the decision was taken after an audit of the party revealed that the Chance leadership failed to comply with the Central Election Commission's requirements and did not provide complete data on its activities.

The pro-Russian party is linked... (continue reading...)

ROME (Reuters) - A Rome university professor was acquitted on Wednesday of slandering Agriculture Minister Francesco Lollobrigida for comparing him to a Nazi governor.

A judge kicked out the case against Donatella Di Cesare, a professor of philosophy at the Sapienza University in Rome, saying "the fact does not constitute a crime".

"This is a great victory for democracy and free debate. Critical voices must be heard," Di Cesare wrote on... (continue reading...)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Wednesday imposed visa restrictions on more than 250 members of the Nicaraguan government and levied sanctions on three Nicaraguan entities in retaliation for "repressive actions" by Managua related to migrant smuggling.

Senior Biden administration officials told reporters on a conference call that the sanctions included a Russian training center in Managua that enabled anti-democratic behavior and repression... (continue reading...)

LONDON (Reuters) - The editor of WikiLeaks denounced the British judicial system as crooked on Wednesday, days before a crucial court hearing which could end the legal battle by the organisation's founder Julian Assange to stop extradition to the United States.

Assange, 52, is wanted by U.S. prosecutors on 18 charges, all bar one under the Espionage Act, over WikiLeaks' release of thousands of confidential U.S. military records and secret diplomatic... (continue reading...)