SUMMARY - Monday, 16 June 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 16 June (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini on Monday wrote a letter to Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) urging him to reconsider the current form of the petition right in order to eliminate possible fraud, President Office's communications department told TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22182127 Bratislava, 16 June (TASR) - The first evacuated Slovak nationals arrived in Slovakia on Monday from the Middle East crisis area, along with citizens of other countries, Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) told a press conference on Monday evening, adding that further evacuation flights will be carried out in the following days. https://etasr.sk/article/22182149 Bratislava, 16 June (TASR) - I'll support the amending drafts proposed by the Christian Democrats (KDH) to the government's amendment to the Constitution, however, I won't vote in favour of the amendment to the Constitution proposed by Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) as a whole, opposition MP Frantisek Majersky (KDH) posted on a social network on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22181740 Bratislava, 16 June (TASR) - The content of the government's amendment to the Constitution is the agenda of the Christian Democrats (KDH), and the party shouldn't be denigrated for voting with Smer-SD, said leader of the opposition 'Slovakia' party and MP Igor Matovic ('Slovakia', 'For the People', KU caucus) in Parliament on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22181622 Geneva, 16 June (TASR) - Vice-premier and Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) signed an agreement in Geneva with Anaclaudia Rossbach, Deputy Secretary-general of the United Nations and Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), on the setting up of a UN regional representation for the sustainable urban development agenda in Slovakia, TASR was told by the ministry's communications department on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22181857 Bratislava, June 16 (TASR) - The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected a request by Ombudsman Robert Dobrovodsky to intervene in an interstate complaint related to the death of Slovak national Jozef Chovanec at Charleroi airport in Belgium, spokesman for the ombudsman Branislav Gigac told TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22181726 Bratislava, 16 June (TASR) - The condition of a boy who was admitted into hospital by the National Institute of Childhood Diseases (NUDCH) in Bratislava due to an infection is critical, with doctors working with a diagnosis called naegleriasis, TASR was told by spokeswoman for the institute Dana Kamenicka on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22181680 Bratislava, 16 June (TASR) - Frantisek Orlovsky, a direct participant in the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) during WWII, died on Sunday (15 June) at the age of 97, the Slovak Union of Anti-Fascist Fighters confirmed for TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22181998 Bratislava, 16 June (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) is scheduled to travel to the Vatican on Tuesday (17 June) for an official visit, the ministry's communications department told TASR on Monday, adding that the foreign trip is aimed at confirming the intensive political dialogue between Slovakia and the Holy See. https://etasr.sk/article/22181595 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