SUMMARY - Friday, May 26, 2023 - 9 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - An extraordinary meeting of Parliament on bills that weren't discussed at the May session will be held on Monday, May 29, Parliamentary Chair Boris Kollar's (We Are Family) spokeswoman Michaela Jurcova told TASR on Friday, adding that the meeting was convened at the suggestion of MPs from the 'OLANO and Friends' caucus. BRATISLAVA - Following the talks on Friday with Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) chairman Jozef Bozik, leader of the SK8 Association of Self-governing Regions Jozef Viskupic and Slovak Towns Union (UMS) head Richard Rybnicek, Prime Minister Ludovit Odor wants to look for ways to lend a helping hand to local government, pointing out, however, the complicated situation with the budget, especially the uncovered expenses being approved by Parliament. BRATISLAVA - Two batteries of the German Patriot system, currently operating in Slovakia, will be involved in the protection of the NATO summit in Vilnius, TASR learnt from Defence Ministry's communications department on Friday. BRATISLAVA - Slowing inflation in the manufacturing sector is also good news for consumer inflation in the future, CSOB bank chief economist Marek Gabris said in response to the data published by the Statistics Office on Friday. BRATISLAVA - President Zuzana Caputova vetoed on Friday the bill amending several laws in the field of environmental protection in connection with the construction legislation reform. BRATISLAVA - On Friday, President Zuzana Caputova vetoed the amendment to the law on state support for rental housing, pointing out that the content of the original proposal was one amendment point but during the second reading, an amendment was submitted and approved, which supplemented the law with 23 other, unrelated amendment points. am