Prime Minister Robert Fico's condition continues to improve, including his ability to communicate, the hospital treating the Slovakian leader said on Monday, five days after he was shot in an assassination attempt.
The hospital in the city Banská Bystrica, as well as Deputy Prime Minister Robert Kaliňák, had said on Sunday that the 59-year-old was out of danger.
But despite the progress, the hospital said on Monday that Fico was unlikely to be transferred to the capital Bratislava for care in the coming days.
Fico was hit four times by a 71-year-old gunman following an off-site government meeting in the central town of Handlová on Wednesday. He arrived in the hospital in life-threatening condition.
Authorities have described the crime as politically motivated. The shooter is in custody and has been charged with attempted murder.
