SUMMARY - Wednesday, June 4, 2025 - 9 p.m.

Spisske Podhradie/Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - The Culture Ministry has allocated approximately six million euros for the stabilization and rescue of the Romanesque Palace at the Spis Castle, Slovak National Museum (SNM) director Andrea Predajnova announced at a press briefing on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22141878 Levice/Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) views the incident in Levice as another impetus for tightening security measures in schools and preschool facilities, TASR learnt on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22141758 Levoca/Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - The rare marble bust depicting Cecilia Gonzaga is safe, Culture Minister Martin Simkovicova (SNS nominee) assured the public in the Spis region on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22141745 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - Coalition MPs are discussing the possibility of allowing a special emergency session of Parliament to be opened on Thursday (5 June) over suspicions of unauthorized subsidies granted by the Agricultural Payment Agency (PPA), Deputy Parliament Speaker Tibor Gaspar (Smer-SD) announced on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22141708 Bratislava, June 4 (TASR) - Slovakia has the knowledge and infrastructure to become a center for the deployment of innovative nuclear technologies important for the entire EU, Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) stated after her working visit to Italy and the signing of an agreement to establish a joint Slovak-Italian venture called the Center for the Development of Spent Nuclear Fuel Utilization (CVP). https://etasr.sk/article/22141676 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - A referendum is a sensitive and serious institution that works well, chairman of the Progressive Slovakia (PS) parliamentary caucus Martin Dubeci told journalists on Wednesday, adding that he welcomes the fact that President Peter Pellegrini hasn't announced a referendum on not applying sanctions against Russia, however. https://etasr.sk/article/22141664 Nitra, 4 June (TASR) - Representatives of the Slovak Revival Movement (SHO) are convinced that President Peter Pellegrini violated the Constitution when he refused to declare the referendum that SHO initiated on lifting sanctions against Russia, TASR learnt at their press conference in Nitra on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22141556 Bratislava, June 4 (TASR) - The opposition 'Slovakia' party sees the decision not to declare a referendum on scrapping sanctions against Russia as evidence that Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) was lying, and it underlined that the prime minister's statements about sanctions harming Slovakia were merely political theatrics. https://etasr.sk/article/22141507 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - The coalition Voice-SD party respects President Peter Pellegrini's decision not to declare a referendum on the non-application of sanctions against Russia, pointing out that the proposal to call a referendum must meet the legal conditions, TASR was told by party spokesperson Michaela Eliasova on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22141472 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - I consider President Peter Pellegrini's decision not to declare a referendum on the non-application of sanctions against Russia to be unlawful, Slovak National Party (SNS) leader and Parliamentary vice-chair Andrej Danko told a press conference on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22141366 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