BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union failed for a second day to approve a new package of sanctions against Russia on ...

Slovakia has been blocking the latest sanctions package – which requires unanimous approval from EU member states – until its concerns are addressed over an EU proposal to phase out imports of Russian ...

The EU's foreign policy chief also denounces that the intelligence services of Germany and the Netherlands have detected the ...

Slovakia demands an exemption to keep importing Russian gas until 2034 in exchange for dropping its veto on new EU sanctions against Russia.

Slovakia's stance at the EU foreign ministers' meeting on 15 July was to seek a postponement of the sanctions vote.

Bratislava wants exemption from EU plan to halt Russian oil and gas imports if bloc wants its support for new sanctions ...

"The government coalition rejects the imbecile proposal of the European Commission to stop the flow of Russian gas from 2028, ...

Slovak PM Robert Fico urges the EU to permit continued purchases of Russian gas, threatening to block new sanctions against ...

Prime Minister Robert Fico says the reassurances provided by Ursula von der Leyen are "insufficient" to satisfy Slovakia's ...

Fico says Slovakia will not block EU sanctions if it receives credible guarantees to ease the impact of phasing out Russian ...

Talks between Belgrade and the United States over postponing sanctions against Russian-owned Serbian oil company NIS for a fifth time have been marred with difficulties.

Serbias negotiations with the United States over delaying sanctions on Russian-owned oil company NIS have hit significant ...