The Russian-Slovak intergovernmental commission on economic and scientific-technical cooperation will hold a meeting in Moscow on October 26, 2026. This was announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia. It will be the first meeting of the commission since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. According to a...
Why Fico’s Slovakia is slowing Euro-Atlantic unity
After Robert Fico became prime minister for the fourth time in 2023, Slovakia reversed its foreign policy and shifted markedly toward closer ties with Russia. His government is now one of the main opponents of the EU’s hard line on the Kremlin. That shows up in attempts to block or...
Slovak opposition demands Fico explain the “Russian trail” in the foiled arson attack on a drone plant near Prešov
Opposition lawmakers in Slovakia have demanded official explanations from the government and Prime Minister Robert Fico after the German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reported, citing sources in Germany’s security services, that a foiled August plot to set fire to a plant of the Ukrainian drone maker Skyeton near Prešov may...
Fico says he does not want to drag Slovakia into a war “because of some Article 5” of NATO
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico publicly expressed his reluctance to fulfill obligations under Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty on collective defense. He made the remarks on September 17, 2026, during a speech to students and hospital staff in Prešov. “Can you imagine, ladies and gentlemen, that Article 5...
Hungary and Slovakia became a convenient platform for Russian intelligence inside NATO
Hungary and Slovakia are of significant interest to the Kremlin because of their EU and NATO membership. The long tenure of political forces that built close ties with Moscow created favorable conditions for expanding Russian influence. Through loyal political elites, economic links, information platforms and agent networks, the Kremlin gained...
Slovakia again blocks extension of individual EU sanctions against Russia
The Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU member states on Wednesday, 9 September, again failed to agree on an extension of individual sanctions imposed for actions undermining the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. The ambassadors’ meeting ended without any deal. The sole obstacle remains Slovakia’s position. Bratislava...