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.

Slovakia’s opposition parties united to file a no-confidence motion against the populist Prime Minister Robert Fico on January 14, Reuters reports. “Today the whole opposition united in motion against the government of Robert Fico,

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico to visit Ukraine's capital Kyiv this Friday, responding to his offer of talks to try to resolve a spat over the end of Russian gas deliveries.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has invited Volodymyr Zelensky to meet on Slovak territory near the border with Ukraine to discuss the issue of Russian gas transit. In a Facebook post on Monday, Fico argued that Slovakia has “demonstrated and continues to demonstrate significant solidarity with your citizens,