SUMMARY - Wednesday, May 8, 2024 - 9.30 p.m.

Bratislava, May 8 (TASR) - The first four million euros collected in a civic Slovak fundraiser called Ammunition for Ukraine will be used to buy artillery ammunition, organisers of the Peace for Ukraine initiative announced on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/20678519 Bratislava, May 8 (TASR) - The opposition's 'Slovakia' party compared food prices in Slovakia and Poland also in May to reflect on the 2023 election promises made by the governing coalition to bring down food and fuel prices. https://etasr.sk/article/20678518 Bratislava, May 8 (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico should immediately convene a session of the State Security Council over the cyber attack originating from abroad that falsely reported more than 1,500 bomb threats in Slovak schools on Tuesday (May 7), 'For the People' chair Veronika Remisova declared on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/20678367 Bratislava, May 8 (TASR) - Schools don't face any security threats at the moment and classrooms will reopen on Thursday (May 9), as the police has inspected all schools where bomb alerts were falsely reported on Tuesday (May 7), Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) announced on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/20678368 Bratislava, May 8 (TASR) - Bratislava police pressed charges against 25-year-old Nikolas H. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], who made a false report of a bomb at the premises of the Bratislava III District Court on Tuesday (May 7), TASR learnt from Bratislava police spokesperson Silvia Simkova on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/20678282 Bratislava, May 8 (TASR) - The National Criminal Agency (NAKA) apprehended a 14-year-old schoolboy who is suspected of sending a false e-mail report of a bomb in an elementary school in Brezno (Banska Bystrica) on Tuesday (May 7), TASR learnt from Zuzana Hrabovska of the Police Corps Presidium on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/20678281 Bratislava, May 8 (TASR) - Violence, hatred and intolerance must have no place in our society and we need to do our utmost to prevent the history from 79 years ago from reoccurring again, head of opposition KDH Milan Majersky stated to mark the Victory Day on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/20678263 Bratislava, May 8 (TASR) - The 'Slovakia' party will always hold in great esteem those who fought or still fight against totalitarian regimes that cause human suffering, MP Michal Sipos ('Slovakia', For the People, Christian Union) stated to mark the Victory Day on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/20678260 Banska Bystrica, May 8 (TASR) - European politicians, including those in Slovakia, face a fundamental challenge to conclude peace in Ukraine, and hence in Europe, so as to prevent tragic scenarios, president-elect Peter Pellegrini declared to mark the 79th anniversary of the end of WW2 in his speech at the SNP Museum in Banska Bystrica on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/20678259 Bratislava, May 8 (TASR) - The Victory Day over fascism meant the defeat of a hateful ideology responsible for the deaths of millions, yet we bear witness with growing frequency today that the ideology of fascism and hatred has not gone away from our society even in what are almost 80 years since WW2, opposition SaS party stated in its commemoration of the Victory Day on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/20678033 Bratislava, May 8 (TASR) - Horrors of war are nothing but a distant memory for Slovakia also by virtue of the fact that Slovakia is firmly anchored in the EU and NATO, and part of the West today, opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) head Michal Simecka declared in his commemoration of the Victory Day on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/20677996 Notice: If you click on the link or copy it into the search window, the browser will display the full text of the message in the new e-TASR client zone. If you have any questions, please contact obchod@tasr.sk. mf