SUMMARY - Tuesday, May 27, 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 27 May (TASR) - The total volume of cargo transport in Slovakia in the first quarter of 2025 amounted to 44.9 million tonnes, which is a decrease of 10.5 percent year-on-year (y-o-y), the Statistics Office reported on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22114826 Yerevan, 27 May (TASR-correspondent) - Premier Robert Fico paid tribute to the victims of the Armenian genocide of 1915-18 in Yerevan on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22114938 Bratislava, 27 May (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) has heavily criticised a statement by German Chancellor Friedrich Merz that Germany will consider proposing in Brussels that EU funds to Slovakia should be cut if it continues to deviate from the Union's common direction. https://etasr.sk/article/22115009 Bratislava, 27 May (TASR) - According to Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD), German Chancellor Friedrich Merz's reasoning is unacceptable; if any country raises reservations, it does so because of its sovereign position, and then there's a need to negotiate, not seek coercive mechanisms, TASR was told by the ministry's communications department on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22115079 Bratislava, 27 May (TASR) - Every eliminated problematic bear that meets the conditions will be supplied for consumption, Environment Ministry State Secretary Filip Kuffa has posted on a social network, adding that bear meat can be eaten. https://etasr.sk/article/22115133 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