SUMMARY-Wednesday-June 3, 2020 - 5 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - Parliamentary agriculture and environment committee head Jaroslav Karahuta (We Are Family) has stated that his party will submit proposals on setting up a state rendering plant as well as a police unit dealing exclusively with land parcels, among other things. BRATISLAVA - Smer-SD vice-chair Peter Pellegrini hinted at a press conference held on Wednesday that his departure from Smer is a possible option, noting that he"ll inform the public about his decision on this matter soon. BRATISLAVA - Smer-SD vice-chair Peter Pellegrini stated on Wednesday that if Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) doesn"t change his opinion on cancelling the imposed state of emergency, he will approach President Zuzana Caputova with this matter. BRATISLAVA - The co-governing Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party supports lifting of the state of emergency, referring to the zero value of the seven-day median, TASR has learnt from SaS spokesman Ondrej Sprlak. PRAGUE - The turning point in the deliberations on the possible opening of the Czech-Slovak border was the opinion of a council of experts, Slovak Prime Minister Igor Matovic (OLaNO) stated following the talks with his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis as part of his working trip to the Czech Republic on Wednesday. BRATISLAVA - F-16 fighters will cost more than the €1.6 billion announced by the previous government, Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) told Radio Expres on the Brano Zavodsky Nazivo (Brano Zavodsky Live) talk show on Wednesday, adding that they had already agreed with the U.S. side on the reallocation of the instalments. am