By Ben Aris in Berlin Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is becoming a major embarrassment for the EU plans tophase out all Russian gas imports by 2028. In a letter shared on social media and reported ...

The European Union assured Slovakia that it would take measures to soften the impact of a bloc-wide ban on Russian gas supplies from 2028 after Prime Minister Robert Fico demanded safeguards.

Fico said on Thursday Slovakia had achieved as much as it could at this point, after blocking the EU's approval of the sanctions multiple times to demand guarantees against damages it fears from a ...

The European Parliament is considering proposals to speed up the EU's phase out Russian gas by one year, to January 2027, ...

The EU has approved a new sanctions package targeting Russia and Belarus, overcoming a two-month-long impasse caused by a ...

"The EU just approved one of its strongest sanctions packages against Russia to date," EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas ...

Slovakia intends to reach an agreement with the European Union by Tuesday, July 15, regarding supplies of Russian gas to the bloc, a ban on which has been proposed by the European Commission ...

Replacing Russian supply:: June 17, 2025Russia supplied 19% of EU gas imports last year - far below the 45% it supplied before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Russia's share is expected ...

Fico said on Thursday Slovakia had achieved as much as it could at this point, after blocking the EU's approval of the sanctions multiple times to demand guarantees against damages it fears from a ...