Slovakia vetoed the approval of the sanctions during a meeting of EU countries' ambassadors, the diplomats familiar with the ...

Four EU diplomats said that the European Union had failed to approve new sanctions against Russia for the second time on ...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union failed for a second day to approve a new package of sanctions against Russia on ...

The European Union has been unable to finalize a new sanctions package against Russia due to Slovakia's demands for ...

Slovakia has been blocking the latest sanctions package – which requires unanimous approval from EU member states – until its concerns are addressed over an EU proposal to phase out imports of Russian ...

The EU's foreign policy chief also denounces that the intelligence services of Germany and the Netherlands have detected the ...

Slovakia demands an exemption to keep importing Russian gas until 2034 in exchange for dropping its veto on new EU sanctions against Russia.

Slovakia's stance at the EU foreign ministers' meeting on 15 July was to seek a postponement of the sanctions vote.

Bratislava wants exemption from EU plan to halt Russian oil and gas imports if bloc wants its support for new sanctions ...