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    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Trade disputes
      Slovakia to drop ban on Ukrainian grain imports

      Agreement follows Kyiv’s rift with Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over unilateral import restrictions

      Ukrainian grain stored in train wagons on the Polish-Ukrainian border
    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      EU trade
      Brussels considers defending EU nations in Ukraine grain dispute

      Kyiv files WTO lawsuit against Poland, Hungary and Slovakia after they ban imports

      A wheat field in the Lisowice district of Torun, Poland
    • Thursday, 14 September, 2023
      Slovak election risks weakening west’s support for Ukraine

      Expected strong backing for pro-Russia parties could affect unity of EU and Nato in opposing Moscow

      Slovakia’s former prime minister Robert Fico speaks at an election rally in Nitra on Tuesday
    • Tuesday, 5 September, 2023
      Soňa Muzikárová
      Fico looks set to defy the odds in Slovakia

      The former prime minister’s political comeback shows the resilience of populism in central Europe

      Robert Fico addresses parliament in Bratislava. The skill with which he has harnessed anti-establishment sentiment in his voter base should not be underestimated
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Europe Express
      Why the battle for next year’s European elections begins now Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: why Big Tech barely flinches at EU fines

      Donald Tusk
    • Tuesday, 20 June, 2023
      Slovak president unnerves western allies by deciding against re-election bid

      Zuzana Čaputová’s decision comes as Moscow-friendly party emerges as frontrunner in snap election

      Zuzana Čaputová
    • Monday, 8 May, 2023
      Central banker to head Slovakia’s caretaker government in political crisis

      Resignation of interim prime minister Eduard Heger raises chances for a comeback of former leader Robert Fico

      Eduard Heger and Zuzana Čaputová
    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
      FT CollectionsWar in Ukraine: economy and trade
      Deal reached over Ukraine grain imports into EU

      Poland and other member states to lift ban on incoming foodstuffs under Brussels plan for temporary curbs

      A tractor-drawn plough in a field in the Kyiv region
    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      EU trade
      EU prepares emergency curbs on grain imports from Ukraine

      Bloc bows to pressure from Poland and other eastern European states over influx of cheap foodstuffs

    • Thursday, 13 April, 2023
      Slovakia’s central bank boss rejects call to resign after bribery ruling

      ECB rate-setter Peter Kažimír says he is innocent and is yet to see the judge’s findings against him

    • Tuesday, 28 March, 2023
      Europe Express
      EU energy ministers spar over nuclear power’s green credentials Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: a pro-Russian former premier takes over Slovakia’s election race

      Vapor rises from a cooling tower at the Golfech Nuclear Power Plant in Golfech, France
    • Friday, 17 March, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Slovakia joins Poland in sending Soviet-era jets to Ukraine

      Decisions set to bolster Kyiv’s air force with additional MiG-29s and spare parts

      A Slovak Air Force MiG-29
    • Thursday, 9 February, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Poland and Slovakia signal willingness to send fighter jets to Ukraine

      Volodymyr Zelenskyy extracts aircraft pledges at EU summit though other state leaders voice reservations

      Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy shakes hands with Cypriot president Nicos Anastasiades
    • Thursday, 15 December, 2022
      Slovakia’s minority government loses vote of no confidence

      Snap election a possibility as rising inflation and economic slowdown bite

    • Sunday, 23 October, 2022
      News in-depthEnergy crisis
      ‘People will burn anything’: energy poverty and pollution hit eastern Europe

      In Hungary and across the region residents are turning to cheaper and dirtier sources of heat such as lignite coal

      Gáspár Sipeki gathers wood in Miskolc
    • Wednesday, 28 September, 2022
      Slovakia energy crisis could ‘kill our economy’, premier warns

      Bratislava needs billions of euros of support from Brussels, says Eduard Heger

      Nightime view of Bratislava
    • Wednesday, 17 August, 2022
      Basic resources
      Second European smelter to halt production as energy costs bite

      Shutdown of aluminium plant in Slovakia follows similar decision at zinc facility in Netherlands

      Aluminium ingots at a German factory
    • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
      EU energy
      Russian oil flow halted through Druzhba pipeline to central Europe

      Supply to Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary cut off amid row over payments related to EU sanctions against Moscow

      An employee walks along on a cracking tower in the Duna oil refinery in Szazhalombatta, Hungary
    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      Volvo Car AB
      Volvo to open dedicated electric car plant in Slovakia

      Swedish carmaker opens first new factory in Europe in 60 years as it steps up shift to battery power

      A charging port of a Volvo C40 electric car
    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      Europe Express
      Crunch time for Ukraine’s EU candidate status Premium content

      EU commissioners meet today to discuss how to phrase opinion

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      Slovakia prosecutor drops charges against ECB council member

      Corruption case against country’s central bank chief Peter Kažimír to be reviewed

      Slovakian central bank chief Peter Kažimír in his office in September 2019
    • Wednesday, 1 June, 2022
      Europe Express
      EU commission ready to approve Poland’s recovery plan Premium content

      Warsaw will not receive money until it reaches firm milestones on judicial independence

      Ursula von der Leyen
    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Italy and Spain lead fresh round of European expulsions of Russian diplomats

      Number of ejected officials reaches 300 as EU ministers discuss harsher sanctions on Moscow

      A Ukrainian flag flies outside the Russian embassy in Madrid
    • Thursday, 24 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine’s plea for Soviet-era anti-aircraft systems goes unanswered

      US plan to provide long-range missile defence runs into resistance from those countries that have the munitions

      An S-300 anti-aircraft missile
    • Monday, 22 November, 2021
      Coronavirus
      European protests against Covid curbs spread to Brussels

      Demonstrations turn violent as governments across EU prepare stricter measures to contain pandemic

      Protesters in Brussels set objects on fire
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