Thursday's EU Council summit suffered a huge setback after Robert Fico, Slovakia's prime minister, announced he would maintain his veto on the next round of sanctions against Russia, which diplomats ...

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

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 ...

Robert Fico's decision to veto the new package of EU sanctions against Russia has a lot to do with financial compensation. Here's why. A new veto has landed in Brussels. Robert Fico, Slovakia's ...

Slovakia is pushing for firm guarantees to protect its energy security before agreeing to the EU’s proposed sanctions ...

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 ...

Fico has criticised separate European Union plans to phase out Russian gas and other energy imports in the coming years, which the EU executive announced last month, calling them "economic suicide".

Fico said he considered the parliamentary resolution a "strong political tool that I will be able to rely on.". Under Fico, who hails from the leftist-populist Smer party, EU and NATO member Slovakia ...

Reuters. Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico arrives at the EU Summit in Brussels, Belgium, June 28, 2016. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo ...

BRATISLAVA – Slovak PM Robert Fico wrote on Facebook that Slovakia will not support the 18th sanctions package against Russia unless the European Commission “offers a real solution to the ...

Slovakia will block any European Union sanctions against Russia that damage its national interests, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Sunday after parliament approved a resolution calling on the ...

Thursday's EU summit suffered a huge setback after Robert Fico, Slovakia's prime minister, announced he would maintain his veto on the next round of sanctions against Russia, which diplomats hoped ...