Robert Fico

EC President Jean Claude Juncker has admitted that there was "a problem of double standards" when it comes to products sold in different parts of the EU.

EC President Jean Claude Juncker has admitted that there was "a problem of double standards" when it comes to products sold in different parts of the EU.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has called for lifting of EU sanctions against Russia, introduced over the Ukraine crisis.

"Sanctions have not helped anyone. Russia is not our problem. Our main problem is what is going to happen to the EU," Fico told TA3 TV, according to TASS.

Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fico called on Monday on his counterparts in the remaining EU member-states to stop organising referendums on national problems because these represent a threat to the EU and the Euro.

Slovakia has adopted a law which practically prevents Islam from receiving the status of official religion in the near future, reported Reuters, cited by BTA.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has referred to reporters as "dirty, anti-Slovak prostitutes," when asked about corruption allegations.

The questions that provoked the outburst concerned claims that his government broke public procurement rules, RT is reporting on Thursday.

BELGRADE - The EU migrant crisis has been plunged into further turmoil after the Prime Minister of Slovakia - which currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU - Robert Fico, declared plans to relocate 160,000 refugees by mandatory quota across member states "politically finished."

The quotas for the distribution of asylum seekers among the member-states of the EU are "politically exhausted", stated Slovakian PM Robert Fico on Monday.

The former communist states in Eastern Europe strongly opposed the policy for dealing with the migrant crisis adopted a year ago, according to which all EU countries must receive thousands of asylum seekers.

The European Union's 27 member states began discussions on Sept. 16 to draw up a new road map for the future after the U.K.'s decision to leave the bloc, focusing on defense cooperation and border security in a bid to heal deep divisions in particular over migration. 

Slovak president Andrej Kiska appointed Robert Fico as prime minister on March 23 after Fico's leftist Smer party won the largest share of the vote in a March 5 election and formed a four-party coalition.