Therefore, the Slovak prime minister wants an exception for his country, which would allow to maintain the current contract ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is becoming a major embarrassment for the EU plans tophase out all ...

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 ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union failed for a second day to approve a new package of sanctions against Russia on ...

Slovakia has been blocking the latest sanctions package – which requires unanimous approval from EU member states – until its concerns are addressed over an EU proposal to phase out imports of Russian ...

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 ...

"The government coalition rejects the imbecile proposal of the European Commission to stop the flow of Russian gas from 2028, ...

Slovak populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has again delayed approval of the latest 18 round of EU sanctions against Russia, ...

Slovak PM Robert Fico urges the EU to permit continued purchases of Russian gas, threatening to block new sanctions against ...