"Robert Fico has left Slovakia. Instead of being in his home country and working on solving problems, he is flying around the world and bows to dictators," Michal Simecka, the head of the biggest opposition party Progressive Slovakia, told a televised news conference.

Slovakia's pro-Western opposition parties announced plans to initiate a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Robert Fico's government, citing concerns over his governance and foreign policy direction,

Slovakia’s opposition parties united to file a no-confidence motion against the populist Prime Minister Robert Fico on January 14, Reuters reports. “Today the whole opposition united in motion against the government of Robert Fico,