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

The European Union assured Slovakia that it would take measures to soften the impact of a bloc-wide ban on Russian gas supplies from 2028 after Prime Minister Robert Fico demanded safeguards. Fico sought guarantees from the bloc as he withholds support ...

Slovakia aims to reach an agreement with the European Commission and EU partners by Tuesday on guarantees it will not suffer from the end of Russian gas supplies and on a new sanctions package against Russia,

From the supply of gas and nuclear fuel to Hungary and Slovakia is also being won by German companies. After the energy crisis and the stoppage of Gazprom's supplies to Germany, they moved part of their production to Eastern European countries.

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