Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Friday the possibility of shipping Azerbaijani gas was part of discussions with the European Commission on restarting transit flows through Ukraine.

Following Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, Poland already spends more than 4% of its GDP on defence. Last year, it spent the equivalent of 4.1% of its GDP on defence and plans to raise that to 4.7% this year.

BRATISLAVA - The Ukrainian embassy in Bratislava has issued a strong protest over the “shameful statements” of Slovak MEP Erik Kaliňák (Smer-SD/NI), who on Thursday said that if the Russians reached Uzhhorod, “we would finally have a reliable neighbour” - a comment that faced backlash even from government officials.

The US president says Russia is "pounding" Ukraine on the battlefield and tells the two countries to begin negotiating a peace deal.

Some in Slovakia's government seem to think the best defence against a Russian attack would be to roll over and then hope the occupation eventually ends.

Military alliance members already had trouble trusting each other with classified information. It’s just got worse.

European Union leaders called for stepping up efforts to resolve the Ukraine gas transit issue, a win for Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who had threatened to veto the conclusions of the bloc’s emergency summit if the matter wasn’t addressed.