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Slovakia holds an early parliamentary election on Saturday that pits populist former Prime Minister Robert Fico who campaigned on a clear pro-Russia and anti-American message against a liberal pro-West newcomer

At a press conference after talks with the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, this afternoon, Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg sounded like a man determined to take a “glass half full” attitude when he said that “every metre that Ukrainian forces regain is a metre that Russia loses”.

Slovakians head to the polls on September 30 to elect a new parliament. The result will not only have a huge impact on the domestic affairs of this small central European state but also, beyond its borders, on the balance of power in Europe and the war in Ukraine.

As Slovakia heads toward parliamentary elections on Saturday, the country has been flooded with disinformation, ranging from pro-Russian propaganda, lies about the situation in Ukraine and the spread of anti-migrant hate speech.

Progressive Slovakia polls at 18% against controversial former prime minister Robert Fico’s Smer party at 17.7%

Populist frontrunner’s ‘toxic’ campaign has exposed deep divisions and a victory could move country closer to Russia

From Orbán in Hungary to Fico in Slovakia, populists are looking to a Trump win to boost their power in the EU, says Paul Taylor of the Friends of Europe thinktank

Poll unlikely to end political turbulence that has dogged country since murder of journalist in 2018 but could have serious ramifications for Ukraine

Range of parties look likely to play a significant role in elections in Slovakia, Poland and the Netherlands

A backlash against immigration, LGBTQ rights, abortion and support for Ukraine is unfolding across the continent.

A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early parliamentary election plans to reverse the country’s military and political support for neighboring Ukraine if he returns to power