SUMMARY - Monday, 2 June 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 2 June (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini left for the Bucharest Nine (B9) summit in Vilnius on Monday morning. https://etasr.sk/article/22134401 Bratislava, June 2 (TASR) - The Bratislava Declaration for Artistic Freedom, calling for the legal protection of artistic freedom, was formulated at last week's international conference in Bratislava, organised by the Open Culture platform, the platform's representatives have informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22134558 Vilnius, 2 June (TASR-correspondent) - Upon arriving at the summit of leaders of the Bucharest Nine (B9) in Vilnius, Lithuania, on Monday, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini confirmed that Slovakia will support the proposed increase in defence spending within NATO, TASR has learnt from its special correspondent. https://etasr.sk/article/22134647 Bratislava, June 2 (TASR) - The Slovak financial sector continues to develop in a stable manner, and the banking sector is strong and resilient to external risks, Slovakia's central bank (NBS) Bank Board member and executive director of the NBS supervision and financial stability section Vladimir Dvoracek told a news conference dedicated to presentation of the latest Financial Stability Report on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22134773 Bratislava, 2 June (TASR) - Slovakia has sold government bonds maturing on 4 June 2029 for €817 million in June's government bond auction, the Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) announced on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22134812 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