SUMMARY - Friday, 13 June 2025 - 10 p.m.

Bratislava, 13 June (TASR) - The fundamental pillars of Slovakia's vision for its long-term development should be shaped with the help of a 'Summit on the Future of Slovakia', a series of cross-party discussions held under the auspices of the president, President Peter Pellegrini has said in an interview for TASR TV. https://etasr.sk/article/22172614 Bratislava, 13 June (TASR) - The Culture Ministry is progressing at a relatively fast pace in fulfilling the tasks set out in the government’s manifesto, currently reaching around 50 percent, Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said after a working session with Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) at the ministry on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22172677 Prague/Bratislava, 13 June (TASR) - Representatives of the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party, including party leader Michal Simecka, met with Czech President Petr Pavel in Prague on Friday to discuss Czech-Slovak relations, with PS stating it is ready to do everything possible to restore the damaged ties, TASR learnt from the party’s media department on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22172782 Bratislava, 13 June (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) plans to meet with Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern, following a phone call on Friday, TASR learnt from Fico’s social media post on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22172833 Belgrade, 13 June (TASR) - Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok met on Friday in Belgrade with Serbian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Ivica Dacic to discuss combating illegal migration, organised crime and drugs, cooperation within the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex), as well as exchanging experience in civil protection, crisis management, and police and fire service collaboration, TASR has learnt from the Slovak ministry’s press department. https://etasr.sk/article/22172898 Bratislava, 13 June (TASR) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ruled that the Slovak courts had valid and sufficient reasons to extend the detention of a Dutch citizen prosecuted in Slovakia for drug trafficking, and therefore the detention cannot be considered excessively long, the Slovak Justice Ministry announced on its website. https://etasr.sk/article/22173047 Strasbourg, 13 June (TASR) - Slovak MPs should not adopt constitutional changes that weaken the general protection of human rights or the rights of specific groups in society, said Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Michael O’Flaherty on Friday, urging the Slovak MPs to uphold the principles of the rule of law and human rights for all people in Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/22173056 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