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Ukraine to sue Poland, Hungary, Slovakia over food import bans
Fp Staff •Poland, Slovakia and Hungary announced their own restrictions on Ukrainian grain imports on Friday after the executive European Commission decided not to extend its ban on imports into Ukraine's five EU neighbours
Poland, Hungary, Slovakia to introduce own bans on Ukraine grains
•Ukraine was one of the world's top grain exporters before Russia's 2022 invasion reduced its ability to ship agricultural produce to global markets
In Europe’s Slovakia, man’s private zoo turns into his graveyard as lions eat him
Fp Staff •Joseph, a resident of Oskerda in Slovakia, had built a private zoo and his own pets are believed to have killed him. According to media reports, Joseph was repeatedly attacked and ultimately eaten by wild animals living in the vicinity of his neighbourhood
Slovak's caretaker PM quits after political wrangling
•Heger has faced calls from the opposition to make way for a technocrat administration to lead the central European country until early elections to take place in September
EU on cusp of ending damaging Ukraine farm import standoff
Fp Staff •After the 27-nation bloc lifted Ukrainian farm import restrictions last year to help the nation send its prized cereal production on to the world and overcome Russia’s Black Sea blockage, several eastern nations were inundated with imports that flooded local markets
German military may disband Patriot air defence units in Poland, Slovakia this year
Fp Staff •According to the spokeswoman, the deployment in Poland should terminate in June while the one in Slovakia would stop by the end of the year
EU investigates after Slovakia joins in banning Ukraine grain imports after Poland, Hungary
Fp Staff •Slovakia put an embargo on Ukrainian food imports till the end of June after Poland and Hungary did the same on Saturday
Slovakia delivers remaining nine of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine
Fp Staff •According to the Slovak Defence Ministry, the warplanes were moved overland for security concerns in a 'complicated logistics operation'
Czech, Slovak prime ministers urge European Union to enforce sanctions on Russia
•Czech and Slovakia have provided Ukraine with substantial humanitarian and military aid since the Russian invasion started in February 2022
Russia seeking ammunition from North Korea, claims US
•Kirby's comments came after the United States imposed sanctions on a Slovakian man for trying to arrange the sale of more than two dozen types of North Korean weapons and munitions to Russia to help Moscow replace military equipment lost in its war with Ukraine