SUMMARY - Tuesday, 3 June 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, June 3 (TASR) - The prosecutor's office will take action in the case of a doctor from the University Hospital in Bratislava who allegedly worked under the influence of drugs, Gabriela Kovacova from the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Bratislava told TASR on Tuesday, noting that the police had earlier classified the incident as a misdemeanour. https://etasr.sk/article/22137766 Bratislava, 3 June (TASR) - The opposition Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) claims that the costs of Prime Minister Robert Fico's (Smer-SD) trip to Moscow in May were covered by the budget of the Interior Ministry, with MP Frantisek Majersky (KDH) lambasting Interior Minister and head of Voice-SD Matus Sutaj Estok for the fact that while his party criticised the prime minister's trip, the Interior Ministry paid for it and the government later approved it. https://etasr.sk/article/22137764 Bratislava, 3 June (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) is due to open the ninth meeting of Slovak honorary consuls on Wednesday (4 June), the ministry's communications department told TASR on Tuesday, adding that more than a hundred Slovak honorary consuls working in countries around the world will take part. https://etasr.sk/article/22137613 Bratislava, 3 June (TASR) - The Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) has become a member of the Intelligence College in Europe (ICE) international platform, SIS has posted on a social network. https://etasr.sk/article/22137572 Bratislava, 3 June (TASR) - A delegation of the European Parliament (EP) Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) visited the Slovak Culture Ministry on Monday (2 June) as part of a mission to monitor democracy and the rule of law, TASR learnt from ministry spokesperson Petra Bacinska on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22137553 Bratislava/Rome, 3 June (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) left for an official visit to Italy on Tuesday, where he's scheduled to meet Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni, the Government Office's press department has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22137477 Bratislava, 3 June (TASR) - The scrapping of public holidays will also remove bonuses for working on these days from employees' payroll slips, the Trade Union Confederation (KOZ) has posted on a social network, adding that employees will thus work for a standard average salary and their incomes will decrease. https://etasr.sk/article/22137453 Bratislava, 3 June (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party plans to initiate without delay a special emergency session of Parliament, during which a final vote could take place on limiting the transaction tax, party representatives announced on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22137388 Madrid, 3 June (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) held talks with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares in Madrid on Monday (2 June), with strengthening security and economic cooperation and common positions on current international issues high on the agenda of the talks, according to a video posted by the Foreign Affairs Ministry on a social network. https://etasr.sk/article/22137314 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. am