Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has threatened to cut financial support for more than 130,000 Ukrainian refugees as a dispute with Ukraine over Russian gas supplies escalates.
On 1 January, Kyiv shut off a pipeline that for decades was used to (...)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country would not allow Russia to "earn additional billions on our blood" and had given the EU a year to prepare.
The European Commission said the continent's gas system was "resilient and flexible" (...)
North Korean troops are suffering heavy losses in fighting in Russia's Kursk region and facing logistical difficulties as a result of Ukrainian attacks, Ukraine's military intelligence said Thursday.
The intelligence agency, known under its acronym (...)
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (L) during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow
MOSCOW — Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico has made a surprise visit to Moscow for talks with Vladimir (...)
Ukraine will no longer allow the transit of Russian gas through the country's territory after the end of this year, Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Thursday after meeting with leaders of the European Union in Brussels.
The ban, he added, will apply (...)
Calin Georgescu, the fringe nationalist politician leading the presidential race in Romania, has told the BBC that he would end all support for Ukraine if elected.
He is facing a second-round run-off in the elections on Sunday, where he will run (...)
Egyptian rescuers found four bodies and five survivors on Tuesday during a Red Sea search operation after a tourist boat carrying 44 people sank on Monday.
A total of 33 people have been rescued so far but seven were still missing as of Tuesday (...)
BRATISLAVA — Slovak President Peter Pellegrini met on Thursday with Hassan Al-Huwaizi, President of the Federation of Saudi Chambers, along with a delegation of Saudi investors and representatives from government entities.
The meeting, held in (...)
Thousands of protesters have gathered in Slovakia's capital on the 35th anniversary of the start of the Velvet Revolution that brought an end to decades of communist rule in the former Czechoslovakia to oppose the policies of populist Prime Minister (...)
The Russian government has approved a list of 47 countries deemed to be imposing "destructive attitudes" that contradict "Russian spiritual and moral values."
Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed the decree, which follows a presidential directive (...)
Five people have been found dead in eastern Romania after unprecedented rainstorms caused severe flooding, leaving hundreds stranded in affected areas, emergency authorities reported on Saturday.
Rescue services worked tirelessly in the heavily (...)
LONDON — Al Ahli have secured the high-profile signing of England international Ivan Toney from Premier League side Brentford, with the striker agreeing to a contract that runs until 2028.
Toney, 28, brings significant firepower to an Al Ahli attack (...)
AR RASS — Al Kholood fans breathed a sigh of relief as the club's management completed three foreign signings on Thursday, just in time for the team's first match in the Saudi Pro League against Al Ittihad.
The club announced on Thursday that they (...)
The European Union has stripped Hungary of the right to host the next meeting of foreign and defense ministers over its stance on the war in Ukraine.
It comes weeks after Hungary assumed the presidency of the Council of the European Union, a role in (...)
Spain's parliament rejected a proposal on Thursday brought forth by Catalan separatist party Junts, seeking recognition of Kosovo as an independent nation. The motion was defeated by a wide margin, with a vote tally of 293 against, 25 in favor, and (...)
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico underwent another operation after being shot in an assassination attempt earlier this week and remains in serious condition, according to the country's Deputy PM and Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák.
Fico, 59, was (...)
Authorities have charged a man in connection with the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Robert Fico who was shot on Wednesday, the country's interior minister said.
"The attempt on Fico's life was politically motivated", Slovakia's Interior (...)
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is fighting for his life in hospital after being shot in a small town northeast of Bratislava.
On Wednesday evening Defense Minister Robert Kalinak said Fico had been in surgery for over three hours and that the (...)
The European Union has completed the reform of its migration and asylum policy, a watershed moment that for a decade proved stubbornly elusive.
The tortuous and often explosive undertaking came to an end on Tuesday afternoon, as member states (...)
The Slovak government has approved a proposal to abolish the public broadcaster and replace it with a new body, prompting renewed fears for the independence of the media under Robert Fico's populist-nationalist coalition.
The Cabinet backed a (...)
The Croatian Democratic Union won parliamentary elections on Wednesday, however they will need support from the far right to stay in power.
Croatia's governing conservatives won a sharply competitive election on Wednesday, according to the official (...)
Almost two-thirds of EU citizens say they are "likely" to vote in the upcoming elections to the European Parliament.
The findings stem from the latest edition of the Eurobarometer, the parliament's official survey, which collected the opinions of (...)
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman has sent a cable of congratulations to Peter Pellegrini on winning presidential elections in the Republic of Slovakia.
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished success to Pellegrini and further progress (...)
Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.
Pellegrini, 48, defeated the pro-Western Ivan Korčok, a former diplomat, with 53% of the vote.
A former prime minister, he is an ally of Prime (...)
The European Commission has proposed a steep increase in tariffs on Russian grain that comes into the bloc's common market.
The measure would apply to cereals, oilseeds and derived products, like vegetable oil, that originate in Russia and are bound (...)
