SUMMARY - Thursday, 5 June 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 5 June (TASR) - A special House session on the distribution of EU funds at the Agricultural Payment Agency (PPA) won't take place, as MPs opened it on Thursday but then subsequently rejected its agenda. https://etasr.sk/article/22144576 Bratislava, 5 June (TASR) - Junior governing Slovak National Party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko is proud of the resolution in which Parliament obliged government members not to vote for the adoption of new sanctions and trade restrictions against Russia, he himself told a news conference held in Parliament on Thursday, adding that he expects this to resonate in the EU. https://etasr.sk/article/22145140 Bratislava, 5 June (TASR) - The parliamentary committee on culture and the media will continue to look into the transfer of the bust of Cecilia Gonzaga, and although MPs adjourned Thursday's extraordinary meeting of the committee, they should resume it during the current parliamentary session. https://etasr.sk/article/22145076 Bratislava, 5 June (TASR) - Cabinet members shouldn't vote in international organisations to adopt new sanctions and trade restrictions against Russia, according to a resolution on rejecting the policy of sanctions and trade restrictions against the Russian Federation and the protection of Slovakia's economic and energy interests approved by Parliament on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22144942 Bratislava, 5 June (TASR) - The mayors of Malinec, Latky (both Banska Bystrica region) and 15 other villages in the Podpolanie area have supported the construction of the Malinec hydro-power plant, and the Environment Ministry has signed an agreement with them, Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) told a news conference on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22144858 Banska Bystrica, 5 June (TASR) - Since the beginning of this year, the Environment Ministry has issued a total of 24 exemptions that allow 126 brown bears to be culled, ministry state secretary Filip Kuffa stated in Banska Bystrica on Thursday, evaluating the current situation in connection with the occurrence of the brown bear in Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/22144840 Trencin/Bratislava, 5 June (TASR) - Grants from the European Economic Area (EEA) and the Norway Funds will support projects in Slovakia during the 2021–2027 programme period with a total of €120 million, Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Samuel Migal (Independent) announced after the signing of a memorandum of further cooperation with the Norwegian Ambassador in Vienna, Susan Eckey, and the Icelandic Ambassador in Vienna, Helga Hauksdottir, in Trencin on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22144784 Bratislava, 5 June (TASR) - Ivan Korcok, a member of the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party and a former foreign affairs minister (2020-22), criticised incumbent Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) on Thursday for spending hundreds of thousands of euros on personnel "purges" at the ministry during a time of fiscal consolidation. https://etasr.sk/article/22144763 Bratislava, June 5 (TASR) - Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) has acknowledged that the Interior Ministry will need to address the issue of verifying the authenticity of signatures on petitions, TASR learnt on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22144643 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