SUMMARY - Monday, June 2, 2025 - 6 p.m.

Bratislava 2 June (TASR) - The coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) disagrees with the increase in defence spending supported by President Peter Pellegrini on Monday and claims that more than €3.5 billion would have to be allocated annually for defence, TASR learnt from Zuzana Skopcova, head of the office of the SNS chairman, on the same day. Bratislava, June 2 (TASR) - The opposition Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) has criticised President Peter Pellegrini for making a commitment to increase defence spending without the promised extensive discussion among experts and politicians, TASR learnt from the party's press department on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22135514 Vilnius/Bratislava, July 2 (TASR) - Slovakia doesn't intend to be a country that blocks consensus on increasing defence spending among NATO-member states, but "a major discussion still lies ahead of us," declared Slovak President Peter Pellegrini on Monday after the summit of the Bucharest Nine (B9) leaders in Vilnius, Lithuania. https://etasr.sk/article/22135511 Bratislava, June 2 (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party has criticised the 2024 Security Report, pointing out that it lacks a clear designation of Russia as a security threat. https://etasr.sk/article/22135384 Bratislava, 2 June (TASR) - There are no unresolved issues between the institutions of the European Union and Slovakia in the area of penal law, Premier Robert Fico told a news conference following his meeting with Justice Minister Boris Susko (both Smer-SD) on Monday, aimed at progress in fulfilling the government manifesto. https://etasr.sk/article/22135113 Bratislava, 2 June (TASR) - The state budget saw a deficit of €2.837 billion at the end of May 2025, which was an improvement of €1.14 billion, or 28.7 percent year-on-year (y-o-y), the Finance Ministry announced on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22135064 Bratislava, 2 June (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) will leave for an official visit to Italy on Tuesday (3 June), where he's scheduled to meet Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, the Government Office's press department informed TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22134967 Bratislava, 2 June (TASR) - Opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party leader and MP Michal Simecka believes that the second delegation of the European Parliament (EP), which arrived in Slovakia on Monday, will be received in a better way than the previous one, pointing out that inspections by delegations from the European Union in member states are common. https://etasr.sk/article/22134948 Bratislava, June 2 (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini on Monday sent a telegram to Karol Nawrocki, congratulating him on his election as Polish President and inviting him on an official visit to Slovakia, TASR has learnt from the President's Office's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/22134896 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. mf