BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Andrej Kiska, an independent businessman-turned-philanthropist, won Slovakia’s presidential election, defeating Prime Minister Robert Fico’s attempt to tighten his grip on power.
Kiska garnered 59.4 percent of votes compared with 40.6 percent for Fico, the Slovak Statistics Office said on its website Sunday. Fico conceded his defeat in a brief statement to reporters in Bratislava, the Slovak capital, late Saturday before final results were released.
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