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,

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico faces the threat of impeachment as the opposition plans to move a motion of no confidence, informs Aktuality.sk. According to the outlet, the motion of no confidence is being initiated by the united opposition,

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will not visit Kyiv to discuss the halting of Russian gas transit through Ukraine, Tibor Gaspar, deputy-speaker of the Slovak Parliament told Russian state-controlled news agency TASS on Jan.

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.