U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) stands by as Robert Fico, president of the Italy's Chamber of Deputies, speaks at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) greets Robert Fico, president of the Italy's Chamber of Deputies, as they meet at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speaks with Robert Fico, president of the Italy's Chamber of Deputies, as they meet at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst 

Smer - Social Democracy chairman Robert Fico and election leader Peter Pellegrini attend a news conference at the party's headquarters after the country's parliamentary election in Bratislava, Slovakia March 1, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Smer - Social Democracy chairman Robert Fico and election leader Peter Pellegrini attend a news conference at the party's headquarters after the country's parliamentary election in Bratislava, Slovakia March 1, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Smer - Social Democracy chairman Robert Fico and election leader Peter Pellegrini attend a news conference at the party's headquarters after the country's parliamentary election in Bratislava, Slovakia March 1, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Robert Fico, Chairman of Smer - Social Democracy, attends a news conference at the party's headquarters after the country's parliamentary election in Bratislava, Slovakia March 1, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Smer - Social Democracy chairman Robert Fico and election leader Peter Pellegrini attend a news conference at the party's headquarters after the country's parliamentary election in Bratislava, Slovakia March 1, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Robert Fico, Chairman of Smer - Social Democracy arrives to a news conference at the party's headquarters after the country's parliamentary election in Bratislava, Slovakia March 1, 2020. REUTERS/David W Cerny 

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico tenders his resignation to President of Slovakia Andrej Kiska, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/David W. Cerny 

Outgoing Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks after tendering his resignation to the president as his successor Peter Pellegrini looks on, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/David W. Cerny 

Outgoing Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his successor Peter Pellegrini arrive at the ceremony of tendering resignation by Fico and appointing Pellegrini for the post, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/David W. Cerny 

Outgoing Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks after tendering his resignation to the president as his successor Peter Pellegrini looks on, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/David W. Cerny 

Outgoing Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his successor Peter Pellegrini arrive at the ceremony of tendering resignation by Fico and appointing Pellegrini for the post, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/David W. Cerny 

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico tenders his resignation to President of Slovakia Andrej Kiska, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/David W. Cerny 

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico tenders his resignation to President of Slovakia Andrej Kiska, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/David W. Cerny 

Outgoing Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his successor Peter Pellegrini are seen during the ceremony of tendering resignation by Fico and appointing Pellegrini for the post, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/David W. Cerny 

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico tenders his resignation to President of Slovakia Andrej Kiska, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/David W. Cerny 

Outgoing Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his successor Peter Pellegrini are seen before the ceremony of tendering resignation by Fico and appointing Pellegrini for the post, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/David W. Cerny 

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico reacts after a meeting of Slovakia’s three top officials at the Bratislava castle, Bratislava, Slovakia March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa 

Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska (R) and Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico react after a meeting at the Bratislava castle, Bratislava Slovakia, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa 

Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska (L), Speaker of the Slovakia's National Council Andrej Danko (C) and Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, react after a meeting at the Bratislava castle, Bratislava, Slovakia March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa 

Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska (L), Speaker of the Slovakia's National Council Andrej Danko (C) and Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico react after a meeting at the Bratislava castle, Bratislava, Slovakia March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa 

Speaker of the Slovakia's National Council Andrej Danko (L) and Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico react after a meeting at the Bratislava castle, Bratislava, Slovakia March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa 

Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska (L), Speaker of the Slovakia's National Council Andrej Danko (C) and Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, react after a meeting at the Bratislava Castle, Bratislava, Slovakia March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa 

Speaker of the Slovakia's National Council Andrej Danko (L) and Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico wait for Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska before a meeting of Slovakia’s three top officials at the Bratislava castle in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa 

Speaker of the Slovakia's National Council Andrej Danko (L) and Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico wait for Slovakia's President Andrej Kiska before a meeting of Slovakia’s three top officials at the Bratislava castle in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 9, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa 

Banners with portraits of Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico are seen on the fence of the building of the Government of the Slovak Republic during a march in honour of murdered Slovak investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa 

Participant hold a banner reading: "PM Robert Fico in bed with Italian mafia" during a march in honor of murdered Slovak investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova in Bratislava, Slovakia, February 28, 2018. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa 

Candles are seen above a placard of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico reading, "Killer" during a march in honor of murdered Slovak investigative reporter Jan Kuciak and his girlfriend Martina Kusnirova in Bratislava, Slovakia, February 28, 2018. Picture taken with a fish eye lens. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa 

Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel welcomes Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico ahead of a meeting at Val Duchesse castle in Brussels, Belgium, February 22, 2018. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir 

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, Italian Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni, Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, the Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban and Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki attend the Visegrad Group meeting in Brussels, Belgium, December 14, 2017. REUTERS/Olivier Hoslet/Pool 

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives at the EU summit meeting in Brussels, Belgium, October 19, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal 

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Salzburg, Austria, August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader 

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, French President Emmanuel Macron and Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern prepare for a photo opportunity in Salzburg, Austria, August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader 

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, French President Emmanuel Macron, Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern and Czech Republic's Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka pose for photographers in Salzburg, Austria, August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Heinz-Peter Bader 

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker (not pictured) hold a news conference after a meeting at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal 

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker hold a news conference after a meeting at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal 

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker welcomes Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico ahead of a meeting at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal 

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker welcomes Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico ahead of a meeting at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal 

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker welcomes Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico ahead of a meeting at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal 

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker welcomes Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico ahead of a meeting at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium July 27, 2017. REUTERS/Eric Vidal 

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L to R), Visegrad Group (V4) Prime Ministers, Hungary’s Viktor Orban and Slovakia’s Robert Fico attend a news conference in Budapest, Hungary, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo 

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd L), Visegrad Group (V4) Prime Ministers, Czech Republic’s Bohuslav Sobotka (L), Hungary’s Viktor Orban (C to R), Slovakia’s Robert Fico and Poland’s Beata Szydlo attend a news conference in Budapest, Hungary, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo 

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd L), Visegrad Group (V4) Prime Ministers, Czech Republic’s Bohuslav Sobotka (L), Hungary’s Viktor Orban (C to R), Slovakia’s Robert Fico and Poland’s Beata Szydlo attend a news conference in Budapest, Hungary, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo 

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd L), Visegrad Group (V4) Prime Ministers, Czech Republic’s Bohuslav Sobotka (L), Hungary’s Viktor Orban (C to R), Slovakia’s Robert Fico and Poland’s Beata Szydlo attend a news conference in Budapest, Hungary, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo 

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2nd L), Visegrad Group (V4) Prime Ministers, Czech Republic’s Bohuslav Sobotka (L), Hungary’s Viktor Orban (C to R), Slovakia’s Robert Fico and Poland’s Beata Szydlo attend a news conference in Budapest, Hungary, July 19, 2017. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo 

French President Emmanuel Macron, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Poland's counterpart Beata Szydlo and Slovakia's counterpart Robert Fico attend a meeting of the Visegrad Group in Brussels, Belgium, June 23, 2017. REUTERS/Emmanuel Dunand/Pool 

Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (L to R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico speak to school pupils of all three countries at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (L to R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico pose for a picture with school pupils of all three countries at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (L to R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico pose for a picture with school pupils of all three countries at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico discuss with school pupils of all three countries at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka(L to R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico discuss with school pupils of all three countries at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka(L to R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico discuss with school pupils of all three countries at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka(L to R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico discuss with school pupils of all three countries at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico (L to R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka pose for a picture at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks during the news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico (L to R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka attend a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico (L to R), German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka attend a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke 

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) listens to Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico during the news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, April 3, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke