#Slovakia Rejects #EU Plan to Extend #Sanctions Against #Russia for a Year EU ambassadors failed to reach a consensus on the proposal, with Slovakia the only country to oppose it, Politico reports. Bratislava rejected a proposal to extend the EU's package of individual sanctions against Russia for 12 months. These measures, which have already been extended several times for six-month periods, expire on September 15. The EU had planned to secure a longer extension and avoid renegotiations