Slovakia vetoed the approval of the sanctions during a meeting of EU countries' ambassadors, the diplomats familiar with the ...

Four EU diplomats said that the European Union had failed to approve new sanctions against Russia for the second time on ...

The European Union has been unable to finalize a new sanctions package against Russia due to Slovakia's demands for ...

The EU's foreign policy chief also denounces that the intelligence services of Germany and the Netherlands have detected the ...

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.

Bratislava wants exemption from EU plan to halt Russian oil and gas imports if bloc wants its support for new sanctions ...