Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico stated he is ending his country’s blocking of the EU’s latest 18 sanctions ...

Slovak populist Prime Minister Robert Fico has again delayed approval of the latest 18 round of EU sanctions against Russia, ...

A man has gone on trial for last year’s attempted assassination of Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico ...

Former Prime Minister Robert Fico and the leftist Smer, or Direction, party led with 22.9%, the Slovak Statistics Office said early Sunday after completing the count of 99.98% of the votes from ...

MEPs raise alarm over media intimidation, political retaliation, and democratic backsliding, drawing parallels with Hungary’s ...

Item 1 of 6 SMER-SSD party leader Robert Fico arrives to the party's headquarters after the country's early parliamentary elections, in Bratislava, Slovakia, October 1, 2023.

The leftist Smer, or Direction, party captured 22.9% of the vote in Slovakia's Sept 30 parliamentary election. The party's leader, populist former Prime Minister Robert Fico, needed to find ...

Fico’s leftist Smer (Direction) party won Slovakia’s Sept. 30 parliamentary elections and is in a close race to win the European Parliament election against the main opposition Progressive ...

FILE PHOTO-Robert Fico, Chairman of Smer - Social Democracy arrives to a news conference at the party's headquarters after the country's parliamentary election in Bratislava, Slovakia March 1, 2020.

Fico returned to power and took over as prime minister for the fourth time after his scandal-tainted leftist Smer, or Direction, party won Slovakia’s Sept. 30 parliamentary election on a pro ...

Polarized politics Despite Fico's resignation over the issue, the country continued to be politically polarized. In 2019, Čaputová of the party Progressive Slovakia was elected as the first ...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s new government has won a mandatory confidence vote in Parliament. The government is led by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico, who has ended the country ...