Slovak nationalist Prime Minister Robert Fico is one of the Kremlin's few allies within the European Union who has drawn Bratislava closer to Moscow since returning to power in 2023.

“I will go to Moscow on May 9,“ Fico said in a statement. “Mrs. Kallas, I would like to inform you that I am a legitimate premier of Slovakia, a sovereign country,“ he said.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Protesters gathered Friday in the Slovak capital to demonstrate against populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s latest trip to Russia. Fico was the only leader of a ...

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Thousands of Slovaks took to the streets on Friday as protests against the pro-Russia policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico spread from Slovakia's capital ...

Slovakia had sought to keep the gas transit, and Fico met Putin in Moscow on Dec. 22 after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy rejected extending any gas flows.

In Moscow, Mr. Putin defended his approach but was conciliatory. When he was asked if he anticipated unpleasant questions from Mr. Bush, Mr. Putin said: “Russia chose democracy 14 years ago not to ...

The rallies in Bratislava and some other towns and cities across Slovakia were the latest in a wave of protests fueled by Fico’s recent trip to Moscow for talks with Putin over gas deliveries in ...

Fico said that his trip, a rare visit to the Kremlin by a European Union leader since Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24, 2022, was a reaction to Ukraine’s move to halt ...

The Associated Press - May 9, 2025 BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Protesters gathered Friday in the Slovak capital to demonstrate against populist Prime Minister Robert Fico’s latest trip to Russia.

Fico said that his trip, a rare visit to the Kremlin by a European Union leader since Moscow’s all-out invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24, 2022, was a reaction to Ukraine’s move to halt ...