The system outage forced a plane carrying Prime Minister Robert Fico to turn around and head back to Slovakia. View on euronews

The Moscow-friendly leader has been pushing Brussels hard to put more pressure on Ukraine over Russian energy supplies. View on euronews

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has sought the resumption of Russian gas transit through Ukraine, will discuss the issue with European Commission officials on Thursday, his office said on Tuesday.

Slovakia's opposition accused Prime Minister Robert Fico on Tuesday of laying the groundwork to take the country out of the European Union, but dropped its no-confidence motion to dismiss him and his leftist-nationalist government.

Ukraine is ready to consider the possibility of cooperating with European operators on gas transit to the EU, but it is the European Commission that must decide whether the European side needs such transit and whether it is ready to provide it.

Slovakia’s pro-Russian prime minister has raised the prospect of his country leaving the European Union and Nato, arguing that world events could consign them to the “history books”.

Slovakia's PM Robert Fico faces accusations from the opposition of setting the stage for an EU exit. While the opposition withdrew its no-confidence motion due to Fico's secretive parliamentary actions,

Slovak opposition leader Michal Simecka launched an attempt to dismiss the leftist-nationalist government in a no-confidence vote on Tuesday, accusing Prime Minister Robert Fico of laying the groundwork to take the country out of the EU.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico faces massive protests as tens of thousands demand his resignation over the government's shift towards Russia. The protests, reminiscent of 2018 demonstrations, follow Fico's controversial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin,

It was a rare visit to the Kremlin by an EU leader since Moscow’s all-out ... oppose the policies of Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico in Bratislava, Slovakia (Denes Erdos/AP) Mr Fico ...

Prime Minister Robert Fico, who visited President Vladimir Putin in Moscow before ... situation when we might eventually consider such a drastic solution as leaving the EU.” Days later, during a parliamentary debate on a vote of no confidence in the ...

“It is true that the EU and Nato are our vital space, but no one will prevent us from warning Slovakia about various risks,” Robert Fico wrote in a statement, drawing sharp condemnation from ...