Slovak opposition leader Michal Simecka accused Prime Minister Robert Fico of laying the ground to take the country out of the European Union as he launched an attempt to dismiss the leftist-nationalist government in a no-confidence vote on Tuesday.

Zelenskiy had invited Fico to visit Kyiv for talks on Friday, an invitation he alluded to as he announced his meeting with Michal Simecka, the head of Progressive Slovakia, the country's biggest opposition party.

The largest opposition party, Progresívne Slovensko (Progressive Slovakia), is ahead of Prime Minister Robert Fico's Smer-SD party, in opinion polls. The gap between them is slight, this is evidenced by the data from an Ipsos poll,

(Reuters) -Slovakia's opposition parties will call a no-confidence vote against the government, a party chief said on Tuesday, accusing Prime Minister Robert Fico of dragging foreign policy closer to Russia while failing to tackle problems at home.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico accused opposition leader Michal Simecka of "kissing Zelensky's ring" during his recent visit to Kyiv and said the MP wanted to stage a coup d'etat in Bratislava. Simecka,

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico accused the opposition of preparing a coup. He threatened to veto the European Union's financial aid for Kyiv and reiterated his opposition to Ukraine's membership in NATO.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico accused the opposition of preparing a coup. He threatened Ukraine that he would veto the European Union's financial aid for Kyiv and reiterated his opposition to Ukraine's membership in NATO.