A leftist party led by one of the few leading politicians in Slovakia to escape voter anger over a major corruption scandal has been propelled back into power in an early parliamentary election, according to final results today.

Slovakia’s Parliament has approved expanding the powers of the EU bailout fund after rejecting it in a vote on Tuesday.

Slovakia’s parliament is preparing for a new vote on changes to an EU bailout fund, a day after the main political parties reached a deal to approve it.

Slovakia’s main political parties have reached a deal to approve changes to an EU bailout fund, the main opposition leader said today, just one day after parliament rejected the proposal, causing the government to fall.

Slovakia’s governing coalition has failed to strike a deal to prevent the collapse of a plan to rescue heavily indebted European nations.