Slovakia's controversial ex-prime minister Vladimir Meciar has won the first round of the presidential elections gathering 32.74 percent of the vote.
The poll was widely expected to be won by the government-backed candidate, Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan.
Mr Meciar’s success is a blow to the minority government of prime minister Mikulas Dzurinda – just before the country joins the EU on 1 May.
It is also likely to be an embarrassment as Mr Meciar’s years in office between 1...
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