SUMMARY - Tuesday, 17 June 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - Slovakia won't disrupt unity at the upcoming NATO summit in the Hague, said President Peter Pellegrini following the round-table debate that he held with representatives of both coalition and opposition parties on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22184221 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - Three parliamentary caucuses will submit a motion to postpone the vote on the government's amendment to the Constitution until September, head of the Smer-SD caucus Jan Richter told a press conference on Tuesday, adding that the amendment currently has the support of 89 MPs, but 90 votes are needed. https://etasr.sk/article/22184380 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - Slovakia is close to concluding an inter-governmental agreement with the United States on the construction of a new nuclear power plant (NPP), said Premier Robert Fico on Tuesday following his meeting with Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) regarding the implementation of the government manifesto by the Economy Ministry. https://etasr.sk/article/22183989 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - Slovakia won't agree with a proposal to completely halt energy supplies from Russia to the European Union (EU), the wording of which should be presented by the European Commission (EC) later on Tuesday, said Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following his meeting with Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) regarding the implementation of the government manifesto by the Economy Ministry on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22184198 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - Neutrality would suit Slovakia at this time, when arms producers are flourishing and Europe is talking about war, said Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Tuesday when answering a journalist's question concerning the issue of increasing defence spending. https://etasr.sk/article/22184096 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - Neutrality would probably cost Slovakia several times more than its membership of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation does, said President Peter Pellegrini on Tuesday in response to Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD), who said earlier in the day that neutrality would suit Slovakia at this time. https://etasr.sk/article/22184336 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - The coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) doesn't want the amendment to the Constitution to be put to a vote on Tuesday because it isn't certain whether the necessary number of votes will be obtained to adopt it, SNS head and Parliamentary vice-chair Andrej Danko stated at a press conference on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22184422 Bratislava, June 17 (TASR) - An 11-year-old boy who was admitted into hospital by the National Institute of Childhood Diseases (NUDCH) in Bratislava due to an infection has died, TASR was told by spokeswoman for the institute Dana Kamenicka on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22184265 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