SUMMARY - Friday, November 8, 2024 - 9 p.m.

Budapest, November 8 (TASR-correspondent) - If the European Union (EU) proposes to increase financial aid to Ukraine after the USA cuts its support, and it would be to the detriment of the member states, Slovakia shouldn't participate in such games, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) stated following an informal summit in Budapest on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/21435777 Paris, November 8 (TASR) - I'll invite representatives of school trade unions and Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) to a meeting next week, President Peter Pellegrini said after Friday's meeting of the Council of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. https://etasr.sk/article/21435506 Paris, November 8 (TASR) - Slovakia will host a world-class event next year - the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Global Forum on the Future of Education, President Peter Pellegrini said after Friday's meeting of the OECD Council in Paris, adding that one of the topics was the preparation of this event. https://etasr.sk/article/21435612 Bratislava, November 8 (TASR) - The output of the domestic automotive sector in September was the fourth highest ever, growing by 11.3 percent year-on-year, however, Slovak industry came under pressure mainly from the metal, machinery and equipment manufacturing sector, macroeconomic analysts Marian Kocis and Lubomir Korsnak concurred on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/21435801 Bratislava, November 8 (TASR) - The first measure the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party will adopt if it becomes part of the government in the future will be the scrapping of the transaction tax, SaS chairman Branislav Groehling said on TASR TV on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/21435726 Bratislava, November 8 (TASR) - State Secretary of the Foreign Affairs Ministry Rastislav Chovanec confirmed the intention to expand Slovakia's economic diplomacy activities in the Western Balkans after his return from a working trip to Serbia, TASR was told by the ministry's press department on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/21435650 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. am