He has denied opposition claims that he wants to take Slovakia out of the European Union and NATO, saying his country’s membership in both institutions is not in question.
The Dunk N website estimated that 100,000 Slovaks attended the protest with at least 40,000 in the capital alone.
Around 10,000 are reported to have taken to the streets of the city of Banska Bystrica, around 75,000.
On Thursday, 15,000 demonstrated in Kosice, Slovakia’s second city, to avoid a clash with a separate event there this evening.
There were no reports of violence or disorder this week, despite warnings from FICO that provocations would encourage protesters to attack public buildings, prompting a police response to mass protests.
Earlier on Friday, FICO told reporters that police would soon begin deporting a number of foreign “instructors” they claimed were in Slovakia to help the opposition replace their government. Help to try to drop.
