The simple answer is that the more Slovakia has turned east under Fico, the further mutual relations have gone south. The Czech Republic remains one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters in its war with Russia, having welcomed 385,000 Ukrainian refugees (third most in the EU) and fronted an initiative to procure ammunition for Kyiv.

Czech President Petr Pavel and Slovak President Peter Pellegrini also addressed bilateral relations between their countries, which used to be exceptionally close. This dynamic changed with the start of Robert Fico’s fourth government, leading to several diplomatic tensions.

Róbert Ondrejcsák, Slovakia’s outgoing ambassador to the United Kingdom, has launched a blistering critique of the Slovak government’s foreign policy, describing it as “irrelevant, damaging, and tragically misguided.

In the UK, gov’t funds billions to Ukraine The United Kingdom will provide Ukraine with billions in aid via 5,000 air-defense missiles — worth over $2 billion total — and a $2.8 billion loan funded by freezing some of the country’s investments in Russian government bonds,

Czech authorities prepare oil supplies from reserves and work to fully replace Russian oil via alternative routes

Slovakia has claimed the unenviable title of the most bureaucratic country in the Bureaucracy Index 2024, which measures red tape across the Visegrad Four nations—Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia—along with Georgia and Ukraine.

U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to impose 25% tariffs on imports from the European Union is likely to dent growth prospects in Central Europe, compounding existing fiscal challenges, S&P Global Ratings told Reuters.

Sales will start in the second quarter of 2025.3 XPENG models will be available for all markets: the sleek P7 sedan, the popular G9 flagship SUV, and the ultra-smart G6 coupe SUV.Each model earned the prestigious Euro NCAP 5-star safety rating.

Farmers were joined by colleagues from Slovakia, Hungary, and Austria. PRAGUE – Czech farmers took to the streets across the country on Thursday, with hundreds of tractors to protest against food imports from non-EU countries.