By Ben Aris in Berlin Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is becoming a major embarrassment for the EU plans tophase out all ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has written to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, criticising the EU’s plan to phase out Russian gas by 1 January 2028 under the REPowerEU strategy ...

Bratislava wants exemption from EU plan to halt Russian oil and gas imports if bloc wants its support for new sanctions ...

Slovakia aims to reach an agreement with the European Commission and EU partners by Tuesday on guarantees it will not suffer ...

MEPs raise alarm over media intimidation, political retaliation, and democratic backsliding, drawing parallels with Hungary’s ...

Slovakia has blocked the EU sanctions package over concerns that a proposal to end Russian gas imports could damage ...

The European Union assured Slovakia that it would take measures to soften the impact of a bloc-wide ban on Russian gas supplies from 2028 after Prime Minister Robert Fico demanded safeguards. Fico ...

The European Union failed to approve a new package of sanctions against Russia on Tuesday, as Slovakia demanded more guarantees that it would not be harmed by a separate EU plan to phase out Russian ...

Slovakia demands an exemption to keep importing Russian gas until 2034 in exchange for dropping its veto on new EU sanctions against Russia.

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A man has gone on trial for last year’s attempted assassination of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico ...

Matej Drlicka, sacked as Slovak National Theater chief by Robert Fico, called on the European Union to protect cultural and ...