Slovakia Holds Parliamentary Elections

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA - SEPTEMBER 30: Voters wait in line to cast their ballots at a polling station in Slovak parliamentary elections on September 30, 2023 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The election is mainly pitting the socially-liberal, pro-European Progressive Slovakia (PS) political party, which is in second place in pre-election polls, against SMER, currently first place in polls, whose lead candidate, former Slovak prime minister Robert Fico, has taken on a more pro-Russian, anti-European Union platform, including advocating an immediate halt to Slovak military aid to Ukraine. The elections are taking place following a breakdown of the governing coalition government last year. (Photo by Janos Kummer/Getty Images)