Slovakia’s presidential candidate Zuzana Caputova waits for the election results at the party’s headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia, March 30, 2019. REUTERS/David W Cerny
March 30, 2019
BRATISLAVA (Reuters) – Slovakia’s ruling party-backed candidate Maros Sefcovic conceded defeat in the euro zone country’s presidential election on Saturday.
Sefcovic, a vice-president the European Union’s executive Commission, told reporters he had called his rival, liberal lawyer Zuzana Caputova, to congratulate her on her victory.
(Reporting by Jan Lopatka and Tatiana Jancarikova; Editing by Daniel Wallis)
