SUMMARY - Tuesday, October 22, 2024 - 2 p.m.

Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) - The Crime Office of Financial Administration (the tax office) impounded illegal tobacco and tobacco products worth a total of almost €10.5 million in the first three quarters of this year, Financial Administration spokesperson Daniel Sukup reported on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21371130 Komarno, October 22 (TASR-correspondent) - Prime Minister Robert Fico, his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met in the border town of Komarno in southwestern Slovakia on Tuesday morning to discuss irregular migration, the need to protect the EU's external borders as well as bolstering regional cooperation. https://etasr.sk/article/21371226 Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) - The decision to scrap InterCity (IC) trains will also affect people with health problems and disabilities, as having to travel almost 45 minutes longer between Bratislava and Kosice might be deleterious to their health, the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party warned on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21371267 Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) - Bratislava Regional Court on Tuesday handed down a one-year unconditional sentence to Vladimir S., a former instructor of the Police Corps Academy in Bratislava who shot a cadet during a firing drill in 2023. https://etasr.sk/article/21371333 Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) - With only two months to go to the end of the year, it's still not clear what state aid concerning energy prices for households will look like, which is why the opposition plans to initiate an extraordinary session of the House committee for economic affairs and summon Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) to it, MP Karol Galek (SaS) announced after a session of the committee on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21371397 Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) - Hospital doctors are prepared to file their resignation notices en masse by the end of October, with 2,462 doctors already having drafted them, head of the Doctors Trade Union (LOZ) Peter Visolajsky announced at a press conference on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21371418 Komarno, October 22 (TASR-correspondent) - Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) denied on Tuesday that any political agreement was behind the conclusion of a settlement with Andrej Babis in a dispute concerning the protection of personality relating to unauthorised registration of the Czech ex-premier in the files of the erstwhile communist secret service the StB. https://etasr.sk/article/21371487 Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) - Government proxy for the investigation into COVID-19 pandemic management Peter Kotlar has said that he stands by his recent report on the pandemic, claiming that if the government doesn't deal with it by the end of October, he'll resign and return to Parliament. https://etasr.sk/article/21371627 Bratislava, October 22 (TASR) - Three lawmakers centered around head of non-parliamentary National Coalition Rudolf Huliak are leaving the Slovak National Party (SNS) caucus. https://etasr.sk/article/21371615 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. zel