SUMMARY - Friday, May 16, 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, May 16 (TASR) - New orders in Slovak industry went up by 11.1 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) to €5.98 billion in March 2025, the Statistics Office reported on Friday, adding that this was the fastest growth seen since October 2023. https://etasr.sk/article/22066586 Bratislava, May 16 (TASR-correspondent) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) left for Tirana on Friday morning to attend a meeting of the European Political Community (EPC), TASR has learnt from its correspondent. https://etasr.sk/article/22066872 Zilina, May 16 (TASR) - Environmental impact assessment (EIA) decisions have already been issued for all three missing sections of the D3 motorway, Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) told a news conference held at the Povazsky Chlmec highway tunnel in Zilina on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22067051 Bratislava, May 16 (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini will leave for Rome on Sunday (May 18) to attend the inaugural mass of Pope Leo XIV on St. Peter's Square in the Vatican City, the President's Office has informed TASR, adding that Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) will join the delegation as well. https://etasr.sk/article/22067146 Bratislava, May 16 (TASR) - Mayor of Bratislava's borough of Petrzalka Juraj Hrcka held a news conference on Friday to announce his intention to step down from his post as of May 31. https://etasr.sk/article/22067273 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. ko