Prime Minister Robert Fico says the reassurances provided by Ursula von der Leyen are "insufficient" to satisfy Slovakia's ...

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

Slovakia's stance at the EU foreign ministers' meeting on 15 July was to seek a postponement of the sanctions vote.

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has called on Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to withdraw Slovakia’s veto of the European ...

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

The European Commission has failed to persuade Slovakia to drop its opposition to EU’s proposed 18th package of sanctions against Russia, Reuters reported on July 15.

Slovakia will drop its Russia sanctions veto this week if it gets a "political" EU promise on Russian gas, its prime minister, Robert Fico, has indicated.

The proposed set of punitive measures targets Russia's financial and energy sectors in response to President Vladimir Putin’s ...

"The government coalition rejects the imbecile proposal of the European Commission to stop the flow of Russian gas from 2028, ...

The republic will appeal to the European Parliament to preserve fuel imports from the Russian Federation, and in the meantime ...

The European Union is edging closer to finally adopting its latest sanctions package, the 18th since the full-scale Russian ...