Slovak parliament confirms government promising to halt Ukraine military aid

Slovakia 's parliament confirms Prime Minister Robert Fico 's government on Tuesday .

Fico won an election in September on a campaign that took aim at critical media, Western partners and liberal policies.

The governing coalition combines his leftist, socially conservative SMER-SSD party with a smaller leftist party and a small nationalist party.

The programme promises a special tax on banking profits and measures to cut interest rates on mortgages.