SUMMARY - Thursday, 12 June 2025 - 1 p.m.

Paris, 11 June (TASR) - The Slovak Education Ministry has entered into a partnership with global AI leader NVIDIA to develop and optimise large language models (LLMs) that reflect Slovakia’s linguistic and cultural specificities, stated NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on Wednesday in Paris, TASR has been told by the Slovak ministry's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/22167859 Bratislava, 12 June (TASR) - In April 2025, employment was year-on-year (y-o-y) higher in half of the monthly monitored sectors – including accommodation, sales and repairs of motor vehicles, restaurants and pubs, retail, and selected market services – though the increase was only very modest, by up to 0.8 percent, the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22167935 Bratislava, 12 June (TASR) - I understand efforts to explore new non-European markets for the Slovak economy, but at the same time I would urge intensified cooperation with European Union (EU) countries, stated Interior Minister and Voice-SD party leader Matus Sutaj Estok ahead of Thursday's government meeting in response to Prime Minister Robert Fico’s remarks about potential broader economic ties with Central Asia. https://etasr.sk/article/22168081 Bratislava, 12 June (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini convened a working session of the three top constitutional officials to discuss domestic and foreign policy issues at the Presidential Palace on Thursday morning, announcing that he will hold a round-table discussion next week with parliamentary party leaders on increasing security and defence spending ahead of the NATO summit in The Hague in June, TASR learnt from the the President's Office's communications department on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22168091 Bratislava, 12 June (TASR) - The Slovak government is oriented towards all four cardinal directions, stated Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) after Thursday's government meeting. https://etasr.sk/article/22168195 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. lin