FILE PHOTO: Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico speaks during a SMER-SD party's rally, in Handlova, central Slovakia May 15, 2025. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa/File Photo
PRAGUE (Reuters) -Slovakia will stop blocking the approval of the 18th package of European Union sanctions against Russia on Friday, Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
Fico said on Thursday Slovakia had achieved as much as it could at this point, after blocking the EU's approval of the sanctions multiple times to demand guarantees against damages it fears from a separate EU plan to end all gas imports from Russia from 2028.
