Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico remains "serious" but worst fears have "passed", the country's defence minister told journalists on Sunday.
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00:00 The health of the almost assassinated Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is out of the danger
00:06 zone, ministry officials say.
00:08 "I think that the worst thing we were afraid of has passed, but the situation is still very
00:18 serious and that is why the doctors will be saved.
00:23 I would like to thank the hospital once again for everything, for the miracles that have
00:28 happened in the last days.
00:30 Thank you very much."
00:31 The Defence Minister allayed fears a day after supporters visited Banksa Bystrica hospital
00:37 in a show of solidarity, including Jan who wanted to support Fico in his hardest moment.
00:42 "In my opinion people play too much of that politics and we have lost the humanity somewhere
00:49 along the way."
00:50 The 59-year-old Prime Minister was shot while touring the former coal mining town of Handlova.
00:57 Since then security has been heightened around the hospital where Fico is being treated.
01:02 The man accused of the assassination attempt was recently ordered to remain behind bars.
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