SUMMARY - Thursday, May 9, 2024 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) - Parliament has opened an extraordinary session on the motion to hold a no-confidence motion in Health Minister Zuzana Dolinkova (Voice-SD), initiated by opposition parties PS, KDH, 'Slovakia', For the People and KU, TASR learnt on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20681219 Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) - The harmonisation of national legislation with new European fiscal rules, in particular the linking of public expenditures to the net expenditure indicator is the aim of a bill on public administration budgetary rules sponsored by the Finance Ministry that Parliament definitively passed via a fast-tracked procedure on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20681173 Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) - The motion to hold a no-confidence vote in Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (SNS nominee) will be discussed by Parliament on Friday (May 10) as of 9 a.m., with the vote likely to take place on Tuesday (May 14) at 11 a.m., as Parliament approved a proposal to that effect, tabled by House Vice-chair Peter Ziga (Voice-SD), on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20681158 Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) - The Justice Ministry hasn't asked for any court files or specific cases in its probe at the Supreme Court; it only wants to inspect the information system governing the docket via which cases are supposedly randomly assigned to judges, Justice Minister Boris Susko (Smer-SD) declared on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20681082 Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) - Members of the House constitutional committee failed to convene a session on Thursday at which opposition lawmakers intended to inquire about the circumstances surrounding the Justice Ministry's queries regarding the Supreme Court docket and the way in which court cases have been assigned, TASR learnt on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/20681043 Baku/Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) - Slovak shooter Danka Bartekova claimed bronze in skeet shooting at the 2024 ISSF World Cup held in Baku on Thursday when she hit 43 targets, finishing behind only the USA's Austen Jewell Smith (56) and Italy's Martina Maruzzo (50). https://etasr.sk/article/20680931 Bratislava, May 9 (TASR) - The government rejects the motion to hold a no-confidence vote in Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (an SNS nominee), according to a decision made at a session of the government on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/20680778 Bratislava, May (TASR) - Lawmakers of the opposition SaS party will vote for Health Minister Zuzana Dolinkova's (Voice-SD) ouster during a no-confidence motion in her on Thursday, TASR learnt on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/20680718 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