Slovakia elected its first female president on Saturday, a liberal and pro-European anticorruption candidate whose rise is seen as a rebuke of the conservative nationalism remaking its larger neighbors. Zuzana Caputova, an environmental lawyer who came to prominence when opposing the expansion of a landfill in her small town, won with 58% of Saturday’s runoff vote. Her chief rival, career diplomat Maros Sefcovic, conceded in a short statement thanking friends and supporters.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 31, 2019 07:18 UTC