Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico strongly criticized the EU’s proposed Russian gas ban, questioning why Slovakia should suffer economic fallout from the war in Ukraine. Fico called the plan ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin Slovakia is pushing for firm guarantees from the European Commission and key EU member states over the ...

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has called on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico not to block the European Union’s 18th package of sanctions against Russia. Fiala made the request in a letter sent on ...

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico told reporters in Bratislava he wants to resolve the issue involving the proposed ...

While Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said the sanctions package itself is not objectionable, his government has blocked ...

EU member states have once again failed to reach an agreement on the 18th sanctions package against Russia at the meeting of ...

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday urged Slovakia to drop its veto on the European Union's new sanctions package ...

Slovakia has again blocked the 18th package of sanctions against Russia at the level of permanent ambassadors to the EU, TASR learnt from Euronews website. Its diplomatic sources say they remain ...

The European Union faces challenges in adopting its 18th sanctions package against Russia due to disagreements over the oil ...

The bilateral talks between Brussels and Bratislava have so far failed to produce the breakthrough needed to lift Robert Fico ...

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