After holding out for weeks, Slovak PM Robert Fico dropped his veto on new EU sanctions against Russia. There's likely to be ...

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Feb. 21, 2025, in Oxon Hill, Md. Credit: AP ...

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico attends a press conference, as he marks the anniversary of his attempted assassination, at the site of the attack, in Handlova, central Slovakia May 15, 2025.

Slovakia reserves right to decide pace of defence spending rise, PM Fico says By Reuters June 23, 20258:08 AM PDTUpdated June 23, 2025 ...

Prime Minister Robert Fico has stated that Slovakia will not support the EU's new sanctions package against Russia unless it receives clear guarantees that the country will not suffer financial ...

Prime Minister Robert Fico said that Slovakia would not increase defence spending to 5% of GDP as demanded by Nato, as his country has better things to spend budget money on. Nato members are due ...

Slovakia, a NATO member since 2004, currently spends 2%. Pellegrini and most Slovakian politicians, from the government and the opposition, dismissed Fico’s suggestion to become neutral.

A man has gone on trial for last year’s attempted assassination of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico. The trial began Tuesday in Banská Bystrica, where 72-year-old Juraj Cintula ...