SUMMARY - Wednesday, March 12, 2025 - 9 p.m.

Kosice, March 12 (TASR) - The Constitutional Court has suspended the effect of the part of the law on free access to information that allows fees to be charged for information after an amendment to the Information Act, which came into force on March 1, was challenged before the Constitutional Court by a group of opposition MPs as well as ombudsman Robert Dobrovodsky. https://etasr.sk/article/21834596 Martin, March 12 (TASR) - The construction of the new St. Martin's University Hospital, partly financed from the funds of the Recovery and Resilience Plan, is proceeding according to the set schedule, said Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) after an inspection day in Martin (Zilina region) on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21834909 Bratislava, March 12 (TASR) - I support all peace plans and proposals for a truce in Ukraine, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) posted on a social network on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21835276 Bratislava, March 12 (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) has welcomed the peace proposal that emerged on Tuesday as part of the talks between the USA and Ukraine in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, TASR was told by the Foreign Ministry's communications department on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/21835039 Bratislava, March 12 (TASR) - The opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) welcome any steps that will stop the bloodshed and therefore also the agreement of the Ukrainian and American delegations on a one-month ceasefire, the KDH communications department has told TASR, adding that they can only hope that Russia will agree to the truce. https://etasr.sk/article/21835198 Bratislava, March 12 (TASR) - Former police officer Jan Kalavsky, convicted of corruption and leaking police information, has begun serving his prison sentence, TASR was confirmed by his lawyer Eva Misikova. https://etasr.sk/article/21834847 Bratislava, March 12 (TASR) - A trade war won't help anyone, there's no winner in such a war, and economies on both sides of the Atlantic will suffer at the end of it, said President Peter Pellegrini on Wednesday in response to the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on aluminium and steel imports to the USA and the retaliatory tariffs announced by the EU on imports of US goods into the EU. https://etasr.sk/article/21834735 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