Slovakia’s president sues ex-prime minister for defamation as election tensions rise

Zuzana aputova has said she got death threats after Robert Fico made unwarranted accusations' about her

Slovakia's president, Zuzana aputova, a former civil rights lawyer, activist and standard bearer for progressive causes, has sued Robert Fico, the populist head of the country's main opposition party, for spreading lies about her amid rising tensions before a key parliamentary election at the end of this month.

The election on 30 September pits Fico, whose SMER-SSD party is in the lead, according to the latest polls, against Progressive Slovakia, which is running second.