Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister Robert Fico stated he is ending his country’s blocking of the EU’s latest 18 sanctions ...

Robert Fico returned to power and took over as prime minister for the fourth time after his leftist Smer, or Direction, party won Slovakia’s Sept 30 parliamentary election.

Contrary to most predictions, former Prime Minister Robert Fico and his Smer (Direction) party won Slovakia’s parliamentary election last weekend. With almost 23 percent of the vote, or 42 of ...

A luxury villa in the Croatian seaside town of Ražanj – repeatedly linked to Prime Minister Robert Fico – has once again stirred media attention. While no official ownership has been confirmed, a ...

FILE PHOTO-Robert Fico, Chairman of Smer - Social Democracy arrives to a news conference at the party's headquarters after the country's parliamentary election in Bratislava, Slovakia March 1, 2020.

PRIME Minister Robert Fico has made it clear that he is planning to hand over the reigns of his ruling Smer party in order to allow him to focus more on his role as prime minister in the years to come ...

Former Prime Minister Robert Fico and the leftist Smer, or Direction, party led with 22.9%, the Slovak Statistics Office said early Sunday after completing the count of 99.98% of the votes from ...

Robert Fico, the leader of Slovakia's populist Smer-SD party, had won almost 23 percent of the vote with 99.98 percent of votes counted, the Slovak Statistical Office said early on Sunday.

Slovak former Prime Minister and chairman of the Smer-SD party Robert Fico (C) talks to media after Slovakia's parliamentary elections at party's headquarters in Bratislava, Slovakia, October 1, 2023.

Robert Fico, Chairman of Smer - Social Democracy, attends a news conference at the party's headquarters after the country's parliamentary election in Bratislava, Slovakia March 1, 2020.

Police arrest a man after Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot and injured following the cabinet’s away-from-home session in the town of Handlova, Slovakia, Wednesday, May 15, 2024.

Robert Fico, 59, has played a pivotal role in Slovakian politics in the years since it gained independence in 1993 and has served as prime minister longer than any other leader.