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Slovakia's Robert Fico visits Putin in Moscow amid Ukraine gas dispute

Fico is the third EU leader, after Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, to meet with Putin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

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'Absurd': Fico escalates dispute with Zelenskyy over Russian gas

Russian gas has pitted Slovakia's Robert Fico against Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with the European Commission caught in between.

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Ukraine will no longer allow transit of Russian gas, Zelenskyy says

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out the possibility of allowing the transit of Russian-made gas under the label of Azerbaijan.

Slovakia

Slovakia's Fico: 'Ukraine will not be invited to join NATO'

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has for the second time in as many months made comments against Ukraine joining NATO. He did, however, acknowledge that Russia's invasion had violated international law.

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Protesters in Slovakia rally against Robert Fico’s populist government

The protest united the opposition, including the liberal Progressive Slovakia, pro-business Freedom and Solidarity and the conservative Christian Democrats who all say Fico is a threat to democracy.

Slovakia

Hungary, Slovakia and Serbia plot a win for EU's anti-migration camp

Camps in third countries, fences and strict border controls have become the "new normal" in some countries on the continent, claiming to deliver citizens more security.

Slovakia

Slovakia's PM Fico pledges to block Ukraine's NATO bid while in office

The Slovakian prime minister has repeatedly accused the West of fuelling the conflict, claiming the war should be resolved through diplomacy over fighting.

World News

Who are Donald Trump's key allies in Europe?

From governments in Hungary and Slovakia to pro-Russian opposition parties, the former and possibly future US president has friends across the continent.

Slovakia

Thousands rally in Slovakia against government's 'attack on democracy'

Nearly 20,000 gathered in the capital Bratislava, accusing the government of dismantling the nation's cultural institutions.

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Discontent spills over to Slovak streets amid Fico government reforms

The Slovak opposition is calling on Brussels to continue to hold the government in Bratislava to account.

Slovakia

Thousands protest in Slovakia over firing of theatre and gallery heads

Slovakia's hard-right Culture Minister Martina Šimkovičová dismissed the directors of the Slovak National Theatre and Slovak National Gallery last week.

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Slovakia's PM attends first public event since May 15 shooting

A gunman shot the Slovakian prime minister five times as he greeted supporters in the town of Handlová in May.

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Slovakian government is quashing public media, opposition says

The new legislation, pushed for by PM Robert Fico's ruling party, SMER, will disband the public broadcaster RTVS and replace it with an entirely new public TV and radio station.

Europe News

Shooting leaves Slovakia's PM Fico with permanent health issues

A gunman shot the Slovakian prime minister five times as he greeted supporters in the town of Handlova in May.

Slovakia

Slovakia claims ex-government jet donation to Ukraine was illegal

The Ukrainian military is in dire need of extra air power as Russia bombards its territory with artillery, missiles and drones.

Europe Decoded

Euroviews. The EU must act in time to save Slovakia’s media

As Brussels regroups after elections, it must uphold the rule of law, Tom Gibson writes.

Slovakia

Slovakian PM Robert Fico says he felt 'no hatred' towards his attacker

Slovakia's populist PM Robert Fico made his first public appearance in three weeks, posting a speech online following a serious assassination attempt.

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Slovakia's prime minister moved to home care in Bratislava

Fico will recuperate in the capital after being seriously wounded in an assassination attempt in the central town of Handlova earlier this month.

Europe Decoded

Nationalist left group could arise in European Parliament. This is how

Leftist fractions and parties from across the EU are ready to join forces in a new parliament group to compete with the far right on appeasement with Russia, working-class rights and migration, Euronews Super Poll reports.

Georgia

EU's Várhelyi says mix-up led to Georgian PM's death threats claim

Georgian PM Irakli Kobakhidze claimed on Thursday that European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi mentioned the recent attack on Slovakia's Robert Fico in an attempt to persuade him to drop the contentious "Russian law".