Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico discussed the potential for securing Russian gas through Turkey with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who pledged Ankara’s help in finding a solution with Moscow.

BRATISLAVA - Slovak political scientists have warned of a dangerous shift in public discourse after Smer MP Tibor Gašpar hinted at the possibility of Slovakia leaving the EU and received support from fellow party member and Prime Minister Robert Fico.

In Slovakia, at least 155 psychiatrists have signed an open letter to Prime Minister Robert Fico, in which they proposed to consider resigning due to his aggressive and polarizing rhetoric and foreign policy position,

The authors of the letter are two prominent figures in psychiatry and psychology - Jozef Hašto and Anton Heretik. They are concerned about Fico's actions, which increasingly show "a forceful authoritarian style,

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But the proposed alternative "fundamentally cannot perform the same functions on the battlefield as a classic main battle tank."

Slovakia is weighing retaliation against Ukraine including withholding aid if a solution is not found to Kyiv's decision to shut off Russian gas, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Thursday after talks with EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen.

Opposition parties said on Tuesday they were initiating a no-confidence vote against Fico's leftist-nationalist government, accusing him of dragging the country's foreign policy closer to Russia while doing little to fix problems at home.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy discussed energy security with Slovakia's opposition leader in Kyiv on Friday, amid a row with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico who has threatened to cut aid to Ukraine.

Thousands of Slovaks took to the streets on Friday as protests against the pro-Russia policies of populist Prime Minister Robert Fico spread from Slovakia's capital to towns and cities across the country and abroad.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico invited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to hold talks on resuming natural gas transit after a deal between Kyiv and Moscow expired at the start of this year.