MAYOR Vico Sotto's general — and generous — view that most elected public servants will govern with both integrity and competence if the environment is conducive and the institutions of governance are ...

Prime Minister Robert Fico survived an attempt from opposition parties to bring a no-confidence vote in the Slovak parliament on Tuesday after his opponents walked out of the debate in protest ...

Slovakia’s pro-Russian prime minister has raised the prospect of his country leaving the European Union and Nato, arguing that world events could consign them to the “history books”. “It is true that ...

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico discussed the potential for securing Russian gas through Turkey with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who pledged Ankara’s help in finding a solution with Moscow.

Fico, who leads the leftist Smer-SSD party, has also said Slovakia needed to prepare for "all possible crisis situations" which the EU could face in the short term, suggesting even a break-up of ...

Slovakia's populist prime minister, Robert Fico, has claimed opposition forces are planning a "Maidan"-style coup, referring to the popular uprising that toppled Ukraine's pro-Russian president ...

Jan 21 (Reuters) - Slovakia's opposition parties withdrew their parliamentary no-confidence motion aiming to dismiss the cabinet of Prime Minster Robert Fico on Tuesday, parliament deputy speaker ...

Slovakia’s pro-Russian prime minister has raised the prospect of his country leaving the European Union and Nato, arguing that world events could consign them to the “history books”.

BRATISLAVA - Slovakia's opposition accused Prime Minister Robert Fico on Tuesday of laying the groundwork to take the country out of the European Union, but dropped its no-confidence motion to ...

Relations between Kyiv and Bratislava soured further on Monday night when Ukraine suggested “ethnic hatred” could have been behind the death of one of its citizens in the Slovak capital. Slovak media ...

As a response, Fico threatened to report the professionals to their professional bodies for abuse. Slovak psychiatrists have raised serious concerns about the state of democracy in the country in ...

Download PDF More Formats on IMF eLibrary Order a Print Copy Create Citation Slovak Republic has made significant progress in institutionalizing spending reviews, having completed spending reviews ...