Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico broadly criticized the West’s approach toward the Russia-Ukraine war in a column for the Pravda newspaper published on Jan. 9.Elected in September on a populist, Ukraine-skeptic platform, Fico halted arms supplies from…
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico confirmed his foreign minister’s statement that Bratislava would not oppose the launch of Ukraine’s accession talks during the upcoming EU summit, the Slovak news outlet Pravda reported on Dec. 13.The statement comes s…
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said he believes Ukraine is “not ready” to start EU accession talks, but Bratislava will not block this “political decision” at the EU leaders’ summit.
Source: European Pravda with reference to Dennik N
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Slovakia is prepared to support the decision to open EU membership negotiations with Ukraine at the December summit.
Source: European Pravda, citing the press service of the Slovak Foreign Ministry, quoting Foreign Minister Juraj Blanár
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Polish hauliers accuse Ukrainian companies of dumping and demand protection from their government. It is ironic since Polish drivers were once faced accusations of dumping immediately after their country joined the European Union.
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Bratislava and Prague are requesting an extension to an EU sanctions exemption that allows Slovakia to sell Russian oil products to Czechia beyond today’s deadline, the Financial Times reported on Dec. 5. The request is complicating negotiations on the…
Slovakia and Czechia are requesting an extension of exemptions from EU sanctions that permit the sale of products made from Russian oil, fearing the impact on their industry and price rises.
Source: The Financial Times, as reported by European Pravda
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico and his Ukrainian counterpart Denys Shmyhal have held their first conversation, during which they outlined the priority areas of bilateral cooperation. The pro-Russian Slovak prime minister announced a meeting with Shm…
Slovakia should prepare for “the end of the war in Ukraine and for the standardization of Slovak-Russian relations,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Nov. 30. Speaking to both the U.S. and Russian ambassadors to Slovakia in Bratislava, Fico sa…
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has reiterated during a visit to Prague that he does not support the supply of weapons to Ukraine to counter Russian aggression and advocates negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow.
Source: Robert Fico at a press confere…