In the end, this small band of POWs and deserters, whose strength was seen by Leon Trotsky as the chief threat to Soviet rule, helped destroy the Austro-Hungarian Empire and found Czecho-Slovakia ...

Jan 6 (Reuters) - A meeting between Slovak, Ukrainian and European Commission officials over gas supplies planned for Tuesday has been cancelled because Kyiv will not participate, Slovakia said on ...

Slovakia has argued with Ukraine over its decision to halt the transit of Russia's gas through its territory from Jan. 1, seeking to cut Moscow off from the revenue stream. Slovakia had sought to ...

Fico has shifted Slovakia's foreign policy since taking power in 2023 by cultivating relations with Russia and refusing to provide military aid to Ukraine. It was not clear how he had reached his ...

So, how did democracy go bankrupt? In Slovakia, at least, there may have been an actual moment. The West was frequently enlisted in support of Slovakia’s fledgling democracy in the 1990s when its ...

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Slovakia’s opposition parties plan to call a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government due to his pro-Moscow leanings, they announced in a press conference Tuesday. “Robert Fico ...

Slovakia may consider reciprocal measures against Ukraine if it doesn’t allow the transit of gas from Russia to Europe. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he was taken aback by Ukrainian ...

Israel finalized its third sale of the Barak MX air defense system, this time to Slovakia, for €560 million, the Defense Ministry announced. This sale of the Israel Aerospace Industries ...

Vladimir Putin said Slovakia's prime minister offered on his recent visit to Moscow to host potential talks between Russia and Ukraine. Robert Fico made the trip as a halt to Russian gas ...

Fico made the trip days after reaching a deadlock in a dispute with the government in Kyiv over the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine to Slovakia, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has said he would be open to peace talks with Ukraine in Slovakia "if it comes to that". Mr Putin said Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, who this week visited ...