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Fico warns Slovakia may block EU's Ukraine loan if Druzhba oil flows not restored
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EU Offers To Fund Druzhba Pipeline ‘Repairs’ After Fico Push
Brussels appears unconvinced that Ukraine’s halt of Russian oil transit to Hungary and Slovakia is due to genuine pipeline damage. After reportedly being blocked from inspecting what Ukraine says is damage to the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline from a Russian drone attack, the Commission has nevertheless agreed to cover the costs of any repairs. That is according to Slovakia’s Robert Fico, who, along with Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, doubts that the EU w…
Concerned about a new energy crisis due to the war in the Middle East, Europeans are in number, this Tuesday 10 March 2026, in Boulogne-Billancourt at the summit on civil nuclear power. In a context of long-term uncertainties for Europe's energy supply, Ursula von der Leyen called the past reduction of nuclear energy "strategic error". On the sidelines of this summit, the President of the European Commission also met with Slovak Prime Minister R…
Ukraine is blackmailing the EU countries Hungary and Slovakia in oil, but Brussels is looking at it. Now it is enough for Slovakia's head of government Robert Fico: he announces that he will block the gigantic EUR 90 billion loan for Selenskyj if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán should be replaced in the upcoming elections. It is a process that once again shows how priorities are set in Brussels: the interests of its own member states do no…
Fico warns Slovakia may block EU's Ukraine loan if Druzhba oil flows not restored
Slovakia’s prime minister said Bratislava could 'take the baton from Hungary' and block the EU’s €90 billion loan to Ukraine if oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline are not restored. Fico also condemned what he called 'cowboy style' behaviour by international powers in Iran.
The Slovak president will meet with von der Leyen on Tuesday, and will ask her "why they represent the interests of a non-EU member state against Slovakia and Hungary."
Slovakia promises to continue to block 90 billion euros for Ukraine instead of Hungary if the current Prime Minister, Victor Orban, loses the elections in Hungary and Ukraine does not resume the friendship oil pipeline.
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