After holding out for weeks, Slovak PM Robert Fico dropped his veto on new EU sanctions against Russia. There's likely to be ...

Fico returned to power in Slovakia last year, having previously served twice as prime minister. He and his Smer party have most often been described as left-populist, though he has also been ...

But while Robert Fico's condition had stabilized, the incident left Europe to confront what appeared to be a rare outbreak of political violence in a region increasingly polarized by intense ...

“Fico was shot.” The message arrived in one of my group chats shortly after 3 p.m. on Wednesday. I checked the news and forwarded what I could find out to my friends and family.

The ensuing political crisis led to the collapse of Fico's previous government. Fico, who survived an assassination attempt in May 2024, ...

PRAGUE, May 15 (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was said to be in a life-threatening condition after being shot on Wednesday, took power for the fourth time last October and has ...