SUMMARY - Wednesday, 4 June 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - A planned referendum on sanctions against Russia can't be declared, President Peter Pellegrini told a news conference on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22140955 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - I don't think that President Peter Pellegrini thwarted the referendum on sanctions against Russia by his actions, Parliamentary Vice-chair for the Smer-SD party Tibor Gaspar told journalists in Parliament on Wednesday, adding that he agrees with the doubts about the referendum question and to whom it was addressed. https://etasr.sk/article/22141274 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - The leader of the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party and MP Branislav Groehling believes that Slovakia might be at the dawn of a new potential coalition crisis with respect to the decision not to declare a referendum on scrapping sanctions against Russia. https://etasr.sk/article/22141139 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini has called for a solution to the issue of the authentication of signatures on petition sheets in connection with referendums, pointing out that it is currently impossible to verify the authenticity of signatures. https://etasr.sk/article/22141197 Pecovska Nova Ves, 4 June (TASR) - At its away-from-home session held in Pecovska Nova Ves in the district of Sabinov (Presov region) on Wednesday, the government decided to provide over €2.5 million to help improve the economic and social situation in the districts of Presov and Sabinov, with more than €2 million going to specific local government projects in the two eastern-Slovak districts. https://etasr.sk/article/22140668 Pecovska Nova Ves, 4 June (TASR) - A big jump in defence spending from 2 to 5 percent of GDP would turn the state budget into a "dog's dinner", said Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) before the government's away-from-home session in Pecovska Nova Ves in Sabinov district (Presov region) on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22140700 Levice/Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - The opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) are tabling a bill to ramp up security in schools, former education minister and MP Jan Horecky (KDH) announced on Wednesday in response to an attempted robbery and attack on a teacher at a nursery school in Levice. https://etasr.sk/article/22141043 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - A pilot project for the construction of modular houses in the Roma settlement in the town of Velky Saris (Presov region) will implement long-standing experience with similar projects in the Netherlands, said Government Proxy for Roma Communities Alexander Dasko following the away-from-home government session in Pecovska Nova Ves in the district of Sabinov (Presov region) on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22141019 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - Justice Minister Boris Susko (Smer-SD) has expressed surprise at the conclusions drawn by MEPs from the monitoring group on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights. https://etasr.sk/article/22141007 Pecovska Nova Ves, 4 June (TASR) - The government will hold its next away-from-home session in Puchov (Zilina region) in early July, Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) announced following the same kind of meeting in Pecovska Nova Ves in the district of Sabinov (Presov region) on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22140889 Bratislava 4 June (TASR) - Opposition party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) on Wednesday submitted a proposal to Parliament to abolish the transaction tax in its entirety, SaS MP Marian Viskupic has stated, adding that this tax should never have been introduced in the first place and that the only correct solution is to get rid of it altogether. https://etasr.sk/article/22140829 Pecovska Nova Ves, 4 June (TASR) - The third level of flood activity has been declared in nine villages in Presov region, with the most difficult situation being in the municipalities of Brezany and Maly Saris in Presov district, where an emergency has also been declared, stated Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following the away-from-home session on Wednesday, declaring that if the damage is quantified, the government will proceed to compensate these municipalities. https://etasr.sk/article/22140769 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - One of the accused in the case related to suspicions of criminal activities committed by a neo-Nazi group active in Bratislava will remain in custody, the Supreme Court ruled at a non-public session on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22140745 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