SUMMARY - Tuesday, 10 June 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 10 June (TASR) - Slovakia won't support the forthcoming 18th sanctions package against Russia unless the European Commission provides it with a realistic solution to the crisis situation Slovakia will find itself in after the complete halting of gas, oil and nuclear fuel supplies from Russia, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) posted on a social network on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22162328 Topolcianky, 10 June (TASR) - Slovakia and the Czech Republic are preparing a number of steps that will boost their cooperation and make life easier for their citizens, stated Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) following a meeting with his Czech counterpart Jan Lipavsky in Topolcianky (Nitra region) on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22161814 Bratislava, 10 June (TASR) - The setting up of the International Visegrad Fund is one of the greatest achievements of the Visegrad Four (V4: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) cooperation, President Peter Pellegrini said during the celebrations of the 25th anniversary of the Fund's establishment, pointing out that over the past 25 years the Fund has supported more than 6,700 projects or 3,000 scholarships and other activities with a total value of €140 million. https://etasr.sk/article/22161995 Bratislava, 10 June (TASR) - Fair competition, balanced regulation and targeted support for industry can ensure sustainable economic security and the EU's global position, entrepreneurs from the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) stated in a memorandum from the fourth year of the V4 Business Conference, which took place in Bratislava on Tuesday, adding that the European Commission (EC) shouldn't wait for the damage to be done, but take preventive action. https://etasr.sk/article/22162192 Bratislava, 10 June (TASR) - I'm thinking of the families of the victims of the mass killing in the Austrian city of Graz, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) posted on a social network on Tuesday, adding that it's difficult to imagine what they are going through. https://etasr.sk/article/22162262 Bratislava, 10 June (TASR) - MPs in a vote on Tuesday didn't adopt a resolution condemning missile attacks carried out by Russia on the civilian population and civilian infrastructure of the Ukrainian cities of Kryvyi Rih and Sumy in April. https://etasr.sk/article/22161618 Bratislava, 10 June (TASR) - The tax on financial transactions is a means of "fleecing" people so that the government doesn't have to save on itself, and the efforts of the coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) to partially scrap it are also insincere, MPs for the opposition 'Slovakia' party stated on Tuesday in response to the fact that changes to the transaction tax weren't discussed at an extraordinary parliamentary session on Tuesday initiated by the opposition. https://etasr.sk/article/22161567 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