Prime Minister Robert Fico of Slovakia

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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday that Slovakia might reopen a power generating unit at Jaslovske Bohunice nuclear plant if a freeze of gas supplies from Russia continued.

The Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is drawing the first Euro banknotes from an ATM at the National Council in Bratislava on 01 January 2009.

Robert Fico Expresses Condolences Over Czech Train.

The government of leftist Prime Minister Robert Fico has benefited from faster-than-expected economic growth, which has boosted budget revenue.

Robert Fico has a hard time concealing his satisfaction as he contemplates Slovakia's imminent entry into the Eurozone.

Robert Fico is the current Prime Minister of SlovakiaList of Prime Ministers of Slovakia SummaryChairman/President of the Provisional Government for Slovakia.

of 1989, following the collapse of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, Fico joined the Party of the Democratic LeftParty of the Democratic Left (Slovakia) The Party of the Democratic Left was a political party in Slovakia from 1990 to 2004.

Foreign policy In foreign policy, government of prime minister Fico had some difficulties in European space perception, given that he has formed a coalition with the Slovak National PartySlovak National Party The Slovak National Party may refer to two Slovak political parties.

Robert Fico has strongly opposed unilateral declaration of independence of KosovoKosovo Kosovo is a province in southern Serbia which has been under United Nations administration since 1999.

Fico said that that the declaration of independence is analogous to the Munich AgreementMunich Agreement The Munich Agreement was an agreement regarding the Sudetenland Crisis between the major powers of Europe after a conf.

Fico has also said that the creation of an independent KosovoKosovo Kosovo is a province in southern Serbia which has been under United Nations administration since 1999.

Fico's relationship with the mediaFico has stated repeatedly that he feels that the media are his opponents.

It is in the interest of the Czech Republic and Slovakia that Croatia joins the European Union as soon as possible, Czech and Slovak prime ministers Mirek Topolanek and Robert Fico said in Prague on Thursday.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has stepped up his pressure on utilities over energy costs, warning their western owners he may expropriate their property if they seek to overcharge people, media reported on.

Prime Minister Robert Fico has defended his government's move to ban health insurers from turning a profit.

Slovak politics, argues Róbert Fico, needs a new face and a new direction.

Secondly, Fico has tapped into anti-minority sentiment.

Fico has maintained his support thanks in part to his image-maker.

To ensure the projection of the right image, Fico has employed the services of Fedor Flašík, Slovakia's image-maker par excellence, the man who claimed to be able to turn water into Coca-Cola.

Stung by criticism that Smer was just an ego trip for its leader, Fico has spent the past year building up a strong regional base and promoting other members of Smer.

Fico has eschewed all talk of ideology, preferring to describe himself as a "pragmatic" politician.

Fico is keen to distinguish between the party and HZDS' leader.

Bankers, businesses and politicians jointly hope that the euro, which Prime Minister Robert Fico has called “a talisman”, will somehow shield the country from the worst of the global economic crisis.

Prime Minister Robert Fico is the head of government for Slovakia.

BRATISLAVA, Jan 14 (Reuters) - Slovakia does not expect Russian gas supplies via Ukraine to resume soon due to a deep political row between Ukraine and Russia, Prime Minister Robert Fico said on Wednesday.

Slovakia has called on Ukraine to boost the regulation of the gas transit issue, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said this at the meeting with Prime.

Slovakia has called on Ukraine to boost the regulation of the gas transit issue, Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said this at the meeting with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko.

KIEV, January 14 (Itar-Tass) -- Slovakia asks Ukraine to start gas deliveries from underground gas reserves, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said at a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Yulia Timoshenko here on Wednesday.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AFP)--The Slovak government has postponed its decision to reactivate an outdated nuclear reactor that was recently shut down for security reasons at the Jaslovske Bohunice plant, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AFP)--The Slovak government has postponed its decision to reactivate a Soviet-era nuclear reactor that was recently shut down for security reasons, Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday.

Excerpt:  The first victim of the global economic crisis in Slovakia are the Slovak railways, Prime Minister Robert Fico said after meeting with social partners.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said “Ukraine is losing the trust of European partners because of its behaviour.

Upon his return from Kiev, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed his growing frustration at the failure of Russia and Ukraine to resolve their differences over debts and pricing.

After talks in Moscow and Kiev, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he could not imagine what would have to happen for the gas transit to resume quickly.

After high-level talks in Moscow and Kiev, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed growing frustration within the EU at the failure of Russia and its former Soviet vassal Ukraine to resolve their.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he sees no early resumption of flows, halted last week after Russia accused Ukraine of siphoning off gas intended for.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico said his country had 11 days of gas reserves left.

The premier said Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico had been informed of the option.

After the Velvet Revolution of 1989, following the collapse of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, Fico joined the Party of the Democratic Left (SDL), which was a modern successor of the Communist Party of Slovakia.

In 1999, Fico found a new party called Smer - socialna demokracia (Direction - the social democracy.

In foreign policy, government of prime minister Fico had some difficulties in European space perception, given that he has formed a coalition with the Slovak National Party, but the distrust has been overcome in February 2008 (social democratic parties in the Czech Republic and Austria with same nationalistic tendencies are notable exceptions.

Robert Fico has strongly opposed unilateral declaration of independence of Kosovo, a south province of Serbia.

Fico said that that the declaration of independence is analogous to the Munich Agreement that allowed the Third Reich to annex the Czechoslovak territory of Sudetenland.

Fico has also said that the creation of an independent Kosovo was a violation of international law, and added that it would be very difficult for his country to recognize Kosovo.

Robert Fico was the winner of the parliamentary elections in 2006, receiving approximately 30 percent of the votes.

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Ironically, since Fico is also a self-declared socialist, he is also, ipso facto, a thief.

I would be perfectly happy if the worst that happens to Fico is that he loses the next election.

Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico is locked in a bitter battle with the foreign consortium members of Slovakias natural gas monopoly, Slovak Gas Industry (SPP), over domestic prices for natural gas.

Slovakia in 2008 met all the Maastricht criteria that are necessary for adopting the Euro by January 1,” Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said at a news conference on April 21.

Slovakia continues to be strongly interested in recovering a 49 percent stake in the Slovak oil distribution company Transpetrol, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said on April 3 after talks with Russian Premier Viktor Zubkov.

After high-level talks in both Moscow and Kiev, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he could not see how the two sides could be reconciled soon.

Upon his return from Kiev, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed his growing frustration at the failure of Russia and Ukraine to resolve their.

After talks in Moscow and Kiev, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said he could not imagine what would have to happen for the gas transit.

After high-level talks in Moscow and Kiev, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed growing frustration within the EU at the failure of Russia and its former.

Fico is being feted in Western capitals, invited to meet with officials and experts.

in March, and the "open door" ("RFE/RL Newsline," 21 March 2002) shown to Smers leader and founder at the same time, it is difficult not to conclude that Fico is being groomed by Western officials as the alternative to the three-time prime minister.

When Fico created Smer in late 1999, he justified the need for another political party by arguing that Slovakia needed a new face and a new direction.

Fico has also attacked the main ethnic Hungarian Coalition Party (SMK) for its regionally based politics.

Nonetheless, Fico has ruled out postelection cooperation with the SMK unless that party "distances itself" from defending "a foreign countrys [i.

Fico is not alone in attempting to plow this fertile furrow.

Fico has been a high-profile politician since the mid-1990s.

The reality appears to be more prosaic than the stories told by journalists in the bars of Bratislava: Although Fico was popular among the rank and file of SDL, he did not command much support within the higher echelons of the party and could not match the funds which could be brought to the party by Fogas or Migas ("Slovo," 16�22 June 1999.

Does Ficos departure rather signify his opportunistic inclinations, having identified a group of disaffected voters who would never vote for Meciar and his allies, but felt let down by the governing coalition? Fico denied that leaving SDL was an easy decision.

Stung by the inevitable criticism that Smer was no more than a one-man-band ego trip, Fico has spent much of the subsequent two and a half years building up a party apparatus.

Thanks in part to Flasik, Fico has launched an aggressive election campaign ("Sme," 5 April 2002.

Although Fico has consistently refused to exclude the possibility of some form of cooperation with HZDS, stressing that "t would be a great mistake" to ignore a party which has the support of one-quarter of Slovak voters ("Plus 7 Dni," 6 March 2000; "Sme," 22 May 2000), he has been categorical in his desire to exclude the possibility of cooperation with Meciar ("Pravda," 12 December 2001), declaring the HZDS with Meciar at the helm has "no coalition potential" ("Plus 7 Dni," 6 March 2000.

Fico was keen to stress to American congressmen in March, for example, that he does not rule out postelection cooperation with anyone except Meciar ("Pravda," 16 March 2002.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia Slovakia will withdraw its troops from Iraq next February, Prime Minister Robert Fico said Wednesday.

The pullout was announced earlier this year and Fico has repeatedly said his cabinet will continue Slovakia's commitment to Operation Iraqi Freedom in other ways.

Robert Fico has succeeded on rallying the left to his name – a unity which has enabled him to win these general elections in which the right wing lay scattered and divided before the electorate.

Fico denied that he was seeking new political partners or membership in international political structures and said he was merely there to promote his party.

Robert Fico Remains Most Trusted Politician | news.

Prime Minister Robert Fico remains the most trusted politician in Slovakia, indicates a public opinion poll conducted by the MVK agency among 1,083 respondents at the turn of May and June.

Bratislava - Slovakia has not yet restarted its Soviet-era reactor in Jaslovske Bohunice, shut down in line with country's European Union accession deal, but was ready to do so in a crisis, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico said Tuesday.

After high-level talks in Moscow and Kiev, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico expressed growing frustration within the EU at the failure of Russia and its former Soviet vassal Ukraine to resolve their differences over debts and pricing.

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia, The popularity of Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has almost doubled four months after the appointment of his Cabinet, according to an opinion poll released Monday.

As Slovakia prepares to join the euro, Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico has overturned an increase in retail energy prices - approved by the independent regulator - on the grounds that it will stimulate inflation.

Although Slovakia's independent regulator had previously approved domestic utility Bratislavska Teplaren's intention to increase retail heat prices by 28% by the end of 2008 due to rising wholesale gas costs, the Slovakian prime minister Robert Fico has overruled this strategy.

Mr Fico has made it clear that he holds the energy market deregulations instigated by his predecessor as being to blame for increasing retail energy prices, although, in fairness, this disregards the recent soaring worldwide wholesale costs of fuels such as coal and gas used for power generation.

Mr Fico is concerned about the inevitable inflationary pressure that Slovakia's accession to the euro in 2009 will cause, while the regulator is attempting to maintain a liberalized market in line with EU policy.

Fico said the government would not participate in the project financially.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was on an official visit to Italy on October 3, 2006.

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