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Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico visits the gravesite of U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Michael Strank in Section 12 of Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Feb. 21, 2025. Born in Slovakia, Strank immigrated to Pennsylvania with his parents as a child and enlisted in the Marines in 1939. He was one of six Marines depicted in A.P. photographer Joe Rosenthal’s iconic photograph, “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima,” which inspired the Marine Corps War Memorial just north of Arlington National Cemetery. Taken in 1945, the image depicts Strank and other Marines raising the second U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Strank was killed in action just a week after this photo was taken. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)

Slovakia’s Fico blocks EU move to impose new sanctions package on Russia 

byPolitics Editorial Team
15. July 2025

As it was foreseeable, Slovakia did not approve further EU sanctions against Russia. Slovakia’s PM Fico made this clear.

What will be the EU’s reaction? What sanctions or other painful measure will the EU Commission enact against Slovakia. What other ways the EU has to impose sanctions on Russia against Slovakia’s opposition.

Slovakia’s opposition to new EU sanctions was expected as the country suffers under high energy costs and does not want to lose Russia as energy provider. Russian gas and oil is still flowing to Slovakia and there is no cheap substitute available.

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