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Slovak parliament prevents ratification of eurozone's temporary rescue mechanism and votes out the government. The Slovak parliament has refused to ratify the eurozone's...

Slovak parliament is likely to vote against the eurozone's temporary rescue mechanism and to vote out the government. The eurozone's temporary bail-out mechanism appears all...

New government approves eurozone fund, but refuses to lend money to Greece. The EU today secured Slovakia's support for the creation of an emergency fund for EU states in...

The region's turn to the right is a little more mundane – and varied – than a first glance might suggest. Within days, new governments in the Czech Republic and Slovakia...

Fico struggles to stay in power. The winner lost. That, in short, was the story of the elections in Slovakia. As was the case two weeks earlier in the Czech Republic, a...

It's the last European Council for some leaders. Today's European Council, shortened as it is to a one-day affair, may be something of a farewell fest. For several of those...

Robert Fico faces challenge of finding new partner while the centre-right eyes return to power. The centre-left Smer party of Prime Minister Robert Fico emerged with a...

Slovakia's prime minister is sure to win parliamentary elections, but by how much? There is little doubt who will win Slovakia's parliamentary election on 12 June: in the...

Conservatives threaten to veto Slovakia's commissioner-designate and defend Bulgaria's nominee. The European People's Party has said it cannot accept Maroš Šefčovič as...

Czech president's deal at the summit. The summit cleared the way for the Czech President Václav Klaus to sign the Lisbon treaty by granting his country an opt-out from the...

EU leaders have accepted Czech president's precondition for signing the Lisbon treaty. The EU's government leaders today agreed to give the Czech Republic an opt-out from...

Czech president has given the Czech prime minister a conditional assurance that he will sign the Lisbon treaty. The Czech Republic's prime minister today (28 October) said...

Leaders to discuss treaty over dinner at summit. Government leaders will discuss over dinner on the first day of their summit what kind of guarantees they might be prepared...

Shades of 1968 in the battle of Komárno? For almost three weeks, it seemed that Europe might this year get through August without a war – but then a diplomatic fight...

Prime minister's party wins clear victory, but turnout is again below 20%. The European Parliament elections in Slovakia were won by a clear margin by Smer, the centre-left...

Politicians are blotting out the promised dawn of true public-service broadcasting in central and eastern Europe. In the early 2000s, political elites in central and eastern...

Miroslav Lajčák's departure from Bosnia is understandable – but does that make it the right move for a diplomat, for Slovakia, for Bosnia or for the international...

Closed nuclear plants could be restarted; new interconnectors will not be ready before 2013. The loss of Russian gas supplies for Europe because of the conflict between...

Deal to resume supplies breaks down, with Ukraine and Russia trading accusations. “Little or no gas” is flowing from Russia through Ukrainian pipelines to the EU, the...

Gas dispute prompts EU to look towards a more integrated energy system and greater solidarity; Slovakia presses case for nuclear power. EU energy ministers today ended an...