SUMMARY - Wednesday, May 21, 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 21 May (TASR) - New head of the Supreme Court Frantisek Mozner is assuming office at a time when the Slovak judiciary is facing many major challenges - above all, the need to further increase its efficiency but also its credibility, stated President Peter Pellegrini in his speech during Mozner's appointment to the post on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22092304 Bratislava, 21 May (TASR) - Over 730 schools have already received new modern equipment under the DigiEDU programme funded from the recovery plan, with a total of some 45,000 pieces of digital technology distributed, Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) told a news conference held at a primary school on Holicska Street in Bratislava on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22092315 Bratislava, 21 May (TASR) - The Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party wants to convene, with the help of other opposition parties, a special House session to address subsidies for tourism support paid out via the Agricultural Payment Agency (PPA). https://etasr.sk/article/22092401 Bratislava, 21 May (TASR) - The rules for admitting foreigners into Slovakia might change, with the validity of visas issued upon application being extended from 90 to 120 days and some administrative duties being scrapped, according to a draft amendment to the law on foreigners' stays approved by the government at its session on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22092461 Kosice, 21 May (TASR) - The main trial in the case of the killing of a homeless man who was caught on suspicion of theft in a department store in Kosice in November last year is being held at Kosice city court on Wednesday, TASR learnt on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22092577 Kosice, May 21 (TASR) - Kosice City Court on Wednesday delivered its verdict in the case of the killing of a homeless man caught stealing in a department store in Kosice in November of last year, sentencing former police officer Marek A. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] to eight years in prison for the aggravated crime of manslaughter and his former colleague Oliver I. to a suspended sentence of two years and eight months with three years of probation for misusing a public official's powers. https://etasr.sk/article/22092656 Bratislava, 21 May (TASR) - State-owned gas utility SPP must ensure, either directly or through contracts with other participants in the wholesale gas market, that 17.754 terawatt hours (TWh) of gas is stored in underground reservoirs on Slovakia's territory by 1 November in accordance with the general economic interest (VHZ), as approved by the government on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22092739 Bratislava 21 May (TASR) - Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) vice-chair Viliam Karas has congratulated Frantisek Mozner on his appointment on Wednesday as chair of the Supreme Court by President Peter Pellegrini and expressed his hope that in Mozner the Supreme Court is gaining more expert authority, TASR learnt on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22092742 Bratislava, 21 May (TASR) - Anti-Russian sanctions isolate the European Union, reduce its competitiveness, and destroy the value of the euro, stated coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko at a press conference on Wednesday, while condemning Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) for supporting another package of EU sanctions against Russia. https://etasr.sk/article/22092955 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. lin