SUMMARY - Thursday, January 5, 2023 - 5 p.m.

KOSICE - A pre-trial judge of Kosice II District Court decided on Thursday that eighteen-year-old Valentin H. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], who is accused of stabbing a woman to death in the town of Michalovce in eastern Slovakia on New Year's Day, was taken into custody. KOSICE - Kosice regional prosecutor has filed a motion to remand in custody the 18-year-old man who is suspected of stabbing a woman to death in the town of Michalovce in eastern Slovakia on New Year's Day. BRATISLAVA - For the People MP Juraj Seliga announced on Thursday that he'll aim to submit an amendment to the Constitution that will explicitly define the status of the Special Prosecutor's Office and the Specialised Criminal Court. BRATISLAVA - In an interview with TASR, Parliamentary Chair and 'We Are Family' head Boris Kollar said that he'll lead his party into the election and added that he's able to cooperate with anyone who will support the programme of his party. BRATISLAVA - Those who embrace the values of democracy cannot ally with those who despise these values, interim Prime Minister Eduard Heger (OLaNO) wrote on his Facebook account on Thursday as the explanation of his decision to rule out Smer-SD, the Slovak National Party (SNS), Voice-SD, the Republic party and the People's Party Our Slovakia (LSNS) from future cooperation. BRATISLAVA - Pre-Christmas shopping probably boosted the retail sector in November 2022, said UniCredit Bank analyst Lubomir Korsnak on Thursday when commenting on the retail-revenue figures for November, released by the Statistics Office earlier in the day. BRATISLAVA - Slovakia performed with credit on the international scene in 2022, and it became a reliable link in a chain of countries that know that "frost and death come from the Kremlin", vice-chair of the parliamentary foreign affairs committee Peter Osusky (SaS) has told TASR. BRATISLAVA - In his evaluation of Defence Minister Jaroslav Nad (OLaNO) and his ministry in 2022, former MP and ex-defence minister Martin Fedor from the Institute for Central Europe (ICE) praised the implementation of the defence cooperation agreement with the USA and clear communication in the first months of the war, calling last year a breakthrough in the modernisation of the ground forces. am