BRATISLAVA, Slovakia — Slovakia’s new government, led by populist Prime Minister Robert Fico who ended the country’s military aid for Ukraine, won a mandatory confidence vote in Parliament on Tuesday. Of the 143 lawmakers present in the 150-seat Parliament, 78 voted in favor of the three-party coalition government that was sworn in on Oct 25. … Read more
Comment on this storyComment BRATISLAVA — Slovaks are headed to the polls Saturday in a closely watched election that has the potential to complicate the Western response to Ukraine and put the country on a more illiberal, autocratic course. The front-runner in the majority of polls by a whisper of a margin is Robert Fico, … Read more
Touch upon this storyComment DUBNICA, Slovakia — Contained in the hulking arms manufacturing unit, dozens of staff delicately match fuses inside the ideas of the 155-millimeter artillery shells which might be in insatiable demand in Ukraine’s warfare. However even on this city, established across the arms trade earlier than the outbreak of World Warfare II, … Read more