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Why Wilders won: Election boosts Dutch far right, but what happens next?

Wilders’s Party for Freedom has been on a long ascent, fuelled by poverty and the fear of competition from migration.

Al Jazeera

Slovakia's new government led by populist Robert Fico wins a mandatory confidence vote

Slovakia’s new government has won a mandatory confidence vote in Parliament

The Independent UK

Slovakian prime minister sparks alarm with threat to restrict media

Robert Fico describes leading broadcasters and newspapers as hostile and says they are ‘unwelcome guests at government office’

The Guardian - UK

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Ukraine takes credit for the car bomb killing of a Russia-backed official in Luhansk

Ukraine’s intelligence agency has taken credit for a car bombing that killed a member of the Russia-backed authority in the illegally annexed Luhansk region

The Independent UK

Is the EU at a turning point? Populists back in Slovakia, liberals return in Poland

In this debate we focus on the recent election results in Poland and Slovakia, and discuss what they mean for Europe. Liberals across the continent are cheering after Polish opposition parties won enough seats to form a majority, potentially ending eight years of rule by the conservative Law and Justice…

France 24

New Slovakia's government announces a massive deployment at the Hungarian border to curb migration

The new Slovak government has announced a “massive” deployment of police and armed forces along the border with Hungary to prevent growing numbers of migrants entering the country

The Independent UK

EU summit turns its eyes away from Ukraine despite a commitment to stay the course with Zelenskyy

The European Union summit showed that Ukraine will be facing tougher times to get all the attention and political, economic and military aid that it wants

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Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 611

As the war enters its 611th day, these are the main developments.

Al Jazeera

Slovakia announces end of military aid to Ukraine

Slovakia's new populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said Thursday that his government was stopping military aid to Ukraine.

Radio France Internationale

‘A technician of power’: Robert Fico, Slovakia’s veteran populist

Pro-Russia head of new coalition is seen as being inspired by nationalists such as Viktor Orbán and Donald Trump

The Guardian - UK

Slovakia’s new prime minister Robert Fico to attend EU summit

Populist heads to Brussels days after becoming leader for fourth time with coalition government

The Guardian - UK

Slovakia’s pro-Russia former PM reaches deal to form coalition government

Robert Fico in agreement with moderate breakaway party and ultra-nationalists to return to office for fourth time

The Guardian - UK

Slovakia’s Fico signs coalition deal with far-right parties

A former prime minister of Slovakia who plans to end the country's military support for Ukraine is poised to return to office after his political party signed a deal Wednesday with two other parties to form a coalition government.

France 24

Slovakia's neighbours boost border checks to stem illegal migrant flows

The Czech Republic and Poland have taken coordinated action to introduce checks along their borders with Slovakia to curb illegal migration and smuggler activity, prompting Austria to follow suit.

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Al Jazeera

As Russia’s war grinds on, is global support for Ukraine waning?

Experts say Kyiv is likely worried as Slovakia votes for a pro-Russia politician, Poland drops aid, and the US wavers.

The Guardian - UK

In Slovakia, we share the fear of all Ukraine’s neighbours. So why are we turning back to Russia?

The election of the pro-Kremlin nationalist Robert Fico reveals a country in crisis – and one that young people like my sons will leave, says Slovakian writer Monika Kompaníková

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Slovakia’s election: an ominous signal from central Europe

Editorial: Victory for a Putin-friendly populist has given Viktor Orbán an ally and the rest of Europe a problem

WEKU

Worry and concern follow pro-Kremlin candidate's victory in Slovakia election

Former prime minister Robert Fico campaigned as a left-wing populist, opposing continued military support for Ukraine and aligning with Russia against the United States.

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The Guardian - UK

Slovakia’s pro-Russia former PM Robert Fico invited to form coalition

Three-time former prime minister, who promised to end military aid to Ukraine, expected to seek deal with two other parties

Radio France Internationale

Will aid to Ukraine shrink after elections in Eastern Europe?

In Slovakia, a populist party that wants to stop military aid to Ukraine and is critical of the EU and Nato will be tasked with forming a new government after winning weekend elections. Meanwhile, Poland is about to go to the polls, with the opposition rallying hard to try and…

The Independent UK

Slovakia's president asks a populist ex-premier to form government after winning early election

Slovakia’s president has asked the leader of the winning party in the country’s parliamentary election to try to form a coalition government

The Guardian - UK

Who is Robert Fico, the pro-Russian leader poised to head Slovakia’s coalition government?

Leadership of populist three-time PM could have ramifications for Ukraine, EU and Slovakia’s rule of law

Al Jazeera

Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 586

As the war enters its 586th day, these are the main developments.

The Guardian - AU

Russia-Ukraine war live: UK’s plan to train service members in Ukraine makes them ‘legal targets’, says Medvedev – as it happened

Russia’s former leader responds to statements by UK defence secretary, who said UK is in talks to move training to Ukraine

Al Jazeera

How will a pro-Russia party winning Slovakia vote affect the Ukraine war?

Ex-PM Robert Fico is set to replace a technocrat government that has been backing Kyiv against the Russian invasion.

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