Germany expects that the European Union's plan for the 18th package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine will be adopted this week, Reuters reports. "It will now be raised at the ...

Earlier this year, Fico attended Russia's Victory Day Parade in Moscow and met with President Vladimir Putin — a gesture most Western leaders avoided. Fico has dismissed the idea of meeting with ...

"Let us return to respect for international law and seek ways to communicate with the Russian Federation," Slovakia’s Foreign ...

The Slovak prime minister Robert Fico stopped sending military aid to Ukraine when he was elected in 2023, and attended Putin ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico arrived in Moscow on May 9 to celebrate Victory Day, commemorating the 80th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.

Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has suggested that his country might be better off neutral as he and other ...

Prime Minister of Slovakia Robert Fico, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands during their meeting before the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, Friday, May 9, 2025 ...

Fico insists that the energy phase-out should be part of the ... Hungary is also expected to vote against the package. Moscow has repeatedly denounced the EU’s sanctions, particularly those targeting ...

Fico’s neutrality remark steals the spotlight from cross-party consensus on Slovakia backing NATO’s planned 5% defence ...

Unlike Ukraine-skeptic Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Slovakia has not previously attempted to block EU sanctions.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Protesters gathered Friday in the Slovak capital to demonstrate against populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s latest trip to Russia. Fico was the only leader of a ...