SUMMARY - Tuesday, 10 June 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, June 10 (TASR) - MPs failed to discuss a draft amendment to the financial transaction tax sponsored by the junior governing Slovak National Party (SNS) at a special House session on Tuesday, and they won't return to it until the next regular session scheduled for September. https://etasr.sk/article/22161182 Topolcianky, 10 June (TASR) - The Czech and Slovak Foreign Ministers, Jan Lipavsky and Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD), respectively, met in the municipality of Topolcianky (Nitra region) on Tuesday at a discussion symposium called Forum Topolcianky, which is being held on the occasion of the 175th anniversary of the birth of first Czechoslovak president Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and the 145th anniversary of the birth of Slovak diplomat Milan Rastislav Stefanik. https://etasr.sk/article/22161281 Bratislava, 10 June (TASR) - I consider it to be legitimate for Slovakia to have democratic political competition, and I don't like discussions about a possible single ruling party, head of the Voice-SD party and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok stated on Tuesday in response to Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD), who spoke in Uzbekistan about the need to reform the political system and reduce the number of political parties in Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/22161486 Tashkent, 10 June (TASR-correspondent) - During her visit to Uzbekistan on Tuesday, Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) expressed appreciation for the fact that Slovakia is looking beyond Europe to other parts of the world, singling out Asia in particular, as the opportunities for investment and business cooperation there are growing in her opinion. https://etasr.sk/article/22161346 Bratislava, 10 June (TASR) - Parliament on Tuesday turned down a draft amendment to the Slovak Constitution via which MPs of the coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) wanted to extend the electoral term of local governments from the current four to six years. https://etasr.sk/article/22160990 Bratislava, 10 June (TASR) - In connection with the tragedy that took place in the Austrian city of Graz on Tuesday, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini has posted on a social network that he believes that systematic solutions will gradually be found via mutual cooperation between developed countries, thereby increasing safety in schools and universities. https://etasr.sk/article/22161110 Bratislava, 10 June (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini has appointed Sylvia Kubinec Benova to the post of chairwoman of the Regulatory Board of the Office for the Regulation of Network Industries (URSO), the President's Office told TASR on Tuesday, adding that the new chairwoman has been a member of the board since 2020. https://etasr.sk/article/22161430 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