Slovakia Holds Parliamentary Elections

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA - OCTOBER 01: Robert Kalinak and Juraj Blanar, members of the SMER political party, speak to the media at SMER headquarters following partial results during the Slovak parliamentary elections on October 1, 2023 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The election is mainly pitting SMER, which went into the election in first place in polls on a pro-Russian, anti-European Union platform, including advocating an immediate halt to Slovak military aid to Ukraine, against the socially-liberal, pro-European Progressive Slovakia (PS) political party, which was second in pre-election polls. The elections are taking place following a breakdown of the governing coalition government last year. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)