Slovak PM Fico Angrily Dismisses Questions About Meeting with Businessman

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico angrily rejected journalists' questions at a press conference on Wednesday about whether he met with businessman Adrian Polóny from SAD Zvolen transport company last month. "You're starting to do things that are disgusting, asking the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic where I was, what underwear I'm wearing right now, and whether I met someone somewhere... You're really going too far," Fico responded. When pressed further, he told reporters to "be quiet." The exchange highlights growing tensions between Fico's government and media scrutiny of his meetings with business figures. Fico, who leads the ruling social-democratic Smer-SD party, has frequently clashed with journalists over questions about his contacts with private sector representatives, viewing such inquiries as inappropriate intrusions into his personal activities.