
Man Who Shot Slovak PM Fico Goes on Trial
Prosecutors say Juraj Cintula aimed to disrupt the Slovak government by targeting the prime minister, who survived four gunshot wounds in a 2024 attack.

Prosecutors say Juraj Cintula aimed to disrupt the Slovak government by targeting the prime minister, who survived four gunshot wounds in a 2024 attack.

EUobserver demands more “frozen funds, intrusive audits, and public insults” from Brussels, and even asks other member states to have their intelligence services spy on the sovereigntist governments.

Slovakian PM Robert Fico could not convince EU chief Ursula von der Leyen to grant his country concessions on Russian energy imports.

The two landlocked countries seek to use their veto as leverage to gain opt-outs from the separate Russian energy ban.
Both governments say Brussels’ energy plan would harm their economies and override national decisions.

By ignoring EU treaties and bypassing national vetoes, Brussels plans to throw vulnerable member states under the bus for the sake of Ukraine.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó stated that the “von der Leyen-Zelensky plan” seriously infringes on Hungary’s sovereignty, going against the Treaties of the European Union.
Hungary and Slovakia have made it clear they would not agree to a full ban on gas and nuclear fuel imports from Russia.

Slovakian PM Robert Fico has vowed not to sign measures that harm his country’s interests.
The Slovakian PM has a mandate to obstruct measures against Moscow that would also damage his country.