SUMMARY - Monday, September 18, 2023 - 10 p.m.

BRATISLAVA - The Transport Ministry is not entertaining any plans to either sell or shut down the Poprad-Tatry Airport, Miriam Svikruhova of the ministry press department confirmed to TASR on Monday. BRATISLAVA - Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka doesn't harbor any plans to run for president and pointed out that he has already rejected speculations to the contrary in the past, TASR learnt on Monday. BRATISLAVA - Voters in the upcoming parliamentary election should opt for such politicians and political parties whose positions most overlap with their own values, President Zuzana Caputova stated on Monday. BRATISLAVA - Police will carry out rational and economy-efficient measures with respect to the illegal migration, police chief Stefan Hamran underlined at a press conference on Monday. POPRAD/BRATISLAVA - Employees of Poprad-Tatry Airport are ready to go on strike alert over disconcerting information that the airport might be downsized in the future, head of the local labour unions Michal Pavela announced on Monday. BRATISLAVA - Police chief Stefan Hamran rejects Friday's (September 15) accusations of Smer-SD, according to which investigator Pavol Durka, assigned to high-profile corruption cases involving Smer-SD nominees, instructed cooperating defendant Peter P. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] how to testify, TASR learnt on Monday. BRATISLAVA - The state-owned Valaliky Industrial Park and Volvo Car Slovakia signed a contract on land purchase, on which a new car production facility is going to be constructed near Kosice, TASR learnt from Economy Ministry spokesperson Maria Pavlusik on Monday. BRATISLAVA - OLANO party criticises Progressive Slovakia (PS) for not ruling out post-election cooperation with Voice-SD, as OLANO perceives Voice-SD as an offshoot of Smer-SD and its leader Peter Pellegrini as an "accomplice to all crimes committed by (Smer-SD chair) Robert Fico" in the past, TASR learnt on Monday. BRATISLAVA - President Zuzana Caputova will file a motion with the Constitutional Court with an eye towards resolving an unclear constitutional issue in ties between the head of state and the Prosecutor-General, regardless of who holds either of the posts, President's spokesperson Martin Strizinec declared on Monday. BRATISLAVA - The case of a missing 22-year-old student has been resolved, police chief Stefan Hamran announced at a press conference on Monday. mf