SUMMARY-Sunday-May 19, 2019 - 10 p.m.

TALLINN/BRATISLAVA - On his visit to Tallinn on May 17-18, Foreign Affairs Minister Miroslav Lajcak (a Smer-SD nominee) and his Estonian counterpart Urmas Reinsalu talked about the future of the EU and expectations in the context of the elections to the European Parliament, TASR learnt from the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry's press department. DUBLIN - It pays off for Slovaks to return from Ireland back home and work in Slovakia mainly because of the lower cost of living, TASR learnt from Vice-premier for Investments and Informatisation Richard Rasi (Smer-SD). BRATISLAVA - It might be good for Smer-SD to spend some time in opposition, however, we're going to win the parliamentary election, MP and leader of the coalition Smer-SD party Robert Fico stated on TA3's discussion programme 'V politike' (In Politics) on Sunday. BRATISLAVA - Speaking on the RTVS discussion programme 'O 5 minut 12' (Five Minutes to Twelve) on Sunday Vice-premier for Investments and Informatisation Richard Rasi (Smer-SD) accused President Andrej Kiska of lying, helping polarise society, and defaming the state, with MP and Opposition We Are Family leader Boris Kollar saying that Slovakia has three foreign policies. BRATISLAVA - Peter Pellegrini (Smer-SD) is a marketing premier who is mistakenly in the post of prime minister and this marketing policy will destroy him, Opposition MP Lubomir Galko (Freedom and Solidarity/SaS) stated on Markiza's discussion programme 'Na telo' on Sunday in response to the fact that Pellegrini criticised this week chairman of the EU affairs committee Lubos Blaha for his anti-European statements on a social network. BRATISLAVA - In Slovakia, the media and the opposition are spreading enormous hatred, so it must be reflected somewhere, MP and leader of the coalition Smer-SD party Robert Fico stated on TA3's discussion programme 'V politike' (In Politics) on Sunday, adding that it is reflected in security risks that are emerging. BRATISLAVA/BRUSSELS - Vice-president of the European Commission for the Energy Union Maros Sefcovic has left for Kiev, where he'll attend on Monday, May 20 the inauguration of Ukraine's new president Volodymyr Zelensky, TASR learnt on Sunday from Sefcovic's spokesperson Renata Goldirova. am