Slovak Prime Minister: Zelenskyy should call Putin if he wants a meeting
Slovak PM Fico says Zelenskyy told him in Armenia he is ready to meet Putin "in any format" — and should phone the Kremlin himself. Moscow denies any message was passed.
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Slovakia’s Fico will skip Moscow’s parade but still lay flowers in the Kremlin
The EU's last openly pro-Russian leader reframes his 9 May visit as a "pilgrimage for peace." The flowers at the Kremlin wall stay on the schedule.
Slovakia held EU sanctions on Russia hostage to Druzhba pipeline. Ukraine just turned the tap back on
Slovak FM Blanár had stated the previous day that Bratislava would not block the 20th EU sanctions package against Russia once deliveries resumed. Russian oil is expected to reach Slovakia tomorrow.
Russia bombed the pipeline. Hungary blocked the loan. Ukraine is about to pay for both to unblock.
The timeline firms up: oil Tuesday, veto lift midweek, Brussels vote Wednesday. Kyiv’s financing through 2027 hinges on all three.
Pro-Russian Fico complains Latvia and Lithuania blocked his flight to Moscow for Putin’s 9 May parade (updated)
Slovakia's PM promises to find another route to Russia, and promises to block the EU's sanctions against Russia.
Politico: Fico is first in line for Orbán’s disruptor crown — but Brussels has four more leaders to worry about
Fico threatened to veto Ukraine's €90 billion loan. Babiš demanded a carveout. Meloni told leaders she understood Orbán. Radev called Ukraine doomed. Janša is the only one who supports Kyiv — and he may not even form a government.
Trump’s and Putin’s ally Orbán ousted after 16 years as Magyar wins two-thirds majority and promises Hungary’s return to Europe
Magyar's supermajority gives Tisza the votes to reverse the constitutional changes Orbán made after winning his own first two-thirds majority in 2010
Fico joins Orbán in demanding the EU lift Russian energy sanctions — a week before Hungary’s election that could end Orbán’s 16-year rule
After a call with Orbán on 4 April, Slovakia's PM claimed Brussels must immediately reopen dialogue with Russia and restore Druzhba pipeline flows — revenues that directly fund Moscow's war against Ukraine.
Szijjártó told Russia’s deputy minister he’d removed 72 entities from EU sanctions — then asked Moscow to write his arguments for removing more
The detail, buried in leaked transcripts from a call with Russia's deputy energy minister, reveals the full scope of Hungary's collusion: not just delisting oligarchs on request, but seeking Kremlin-authored justifications for Budapest's own EU lobbying.
EU summit backs Ukraine’s €90 billion loan and opens all accession clusters — but Orbán and Fico still block the money
25 EU leaders formally endorsed Ukraine's loan disbursement by early April and invited the Council to open all EU accession clusters without delay. Hungary and Slovakia declined to support the conclusions.
Fico: “Slovakia is ready to take over the baton from Hungary, if necessary” — on blocking EU’s Ukraine loan and Russia sanctions
The current go-to blocker of both the loan and sanctions is Hungarian PM Orbán, who may lose the April election.
EU may pay Ukraine to fix pipeline Russia keeps bombing—as Fico refuses to meet Zelenskyy first
Fico says he “wouldn’t believe Zelenskyy if he told him the sky was blue”—so he’s asking Brussels to check first.
Slovakia formally terminates emergency electricity contract with Ukraine — Kyiv had already been refused when it asked
Slovakia's state grid operator confirmed Ukraine last received emergency power in January and was turned away when it requested more.
Hungary took the oil, thanked nobody, and blamed the country that sent it
MOL’s chairman says Ukraine pumped oil through Druzhba to stop a fire. Hungary accepted every barrel.
EU leaders rally in Kyiv as Hungary and Slovakia sabotage support for Ukraine from within
Orbán blocks a €90 billion loan and sanctions. Fico orders an electricity halt. Allies sanction the pipeline that both men fight over.
“Present for Putin”: Slovakia cuts electricity flows for millions of Ukrainians amid Russia’s winter terror and war’s fourth anniversary
Slovakia halts emergency power to Ukraine one day before war anniversary, blaming Kyiv for pipeline Russia bombed.
Slovakia threatens to veto EU’s €210bn Ukraine loan ahead of December summit
Fico calls the EU strategy “senseless killing” and invokes Trump’s peace efforts.
Slovakia’s MiG-29 gift to Ukraine wasn’t illegal — prosecutor rejects pro-Russian Fico’s accusations
Officials confirmed that the aircraft transfer complied with the country's constitution and did not damage national interests.
Hungary plots anti-Ukraine axis with Slovakia and Czechia within the EU
Pro-Russian Orbán seeks to coordinate with Czechia’s Babiš and Slovakia’s Fico, potentially undermining EU support for Ukraine.
EU finally approves 19th Russian sanctions package, banning Russian LNG and more shadow fleet vessels
Slovakia lifted its holdout position after securing energy price guarantees from the European Commission.