SUMMARY - Wednesday, 18 June 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava/Luxembourg, 18 June (TASR) - The European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) in Bratislava has confirmed that raids took place on Wednesday to secure evidence as part of an investigation into the suspected misuse of funds intended for military aid to Ukraine with estimated damages of €7.4 million, TASR was told by the European Public Prosecutor's Office on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22188469 Bratislava, 18 June (TASR) - Slovakia is transporting 99 more Slovak and foreign nationals to safety from the Middle East on Wednesday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry's communications department has told TASR, adding that two Slovak evacuation flights will bring them from Larnaca in Cyprus and Amman in Jordan. https://etasr.sk/article/22188257 Bratislava, 18 June (TASR) - Parliament has voted against adopting an amendment to the Act on Prosecutors and Legal Aides to the Prosecutor's Office, which also dealt with a life annuity for the prosecutor-general. https://etasr.sk/article/22188564 Bratislava, 18 June (TASR) - MPs elected head of the parliamentary caucus of the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) Martin Dubeci to the post of parliamentary vice-chair in a secret ballot on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22188793 Bratislava, 18 June (TASR) - The government manifesto and the memorandum of the three most senior constitutional officials make it clear that Slovakia is a member of the European Union (EU) and the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is its security space, said Interior Minister and Voice-SD leader Matus Sutaj Estok before the government meeting in response to Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD), who said on Tuesday (17 June) that neutrality would suit Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/22188723 Bratislava, 18 June (TASR) - The Justice Ministry will prepare a new draft amendment to the Act on Prosecutors and Legal Aides to the Prosecutor's Office, Parliamentary Vice-chair Peter Ziga (Voice-SD) said in response to the Parliament's failure to override the president's veto in the revote on the amendment to the law. https://etasr.sk/article/22188982 Teplicka nad Vahom, 18 June (TASR) - Kia Slovakia launched production of a modernised version of the fifth generation of the Sportage model at its plant in Teplicka nad Vahom (Zilina region) on Monday (16 June), company's spokesman Tomas Potocek reported on Wednesday, adding that facelifted Kia Sportage should hit the market in the third quarter of this year. https://etasr.sk/article/22188827 Bratislava, 18 June (TASR) - MPs closed the 35th parliamentary session after Wednesday's vote. https://etasr.sk/article/22188909 Bratislava, 18 June (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini received on Wednesday general directors of three key institutions under the Culture Ministry, TASR was told by the President's Office on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22188846 Bratislava, 18 June (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini received general director of public-service Slovak Television and Radio (STVR) Martina Flasikova at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22188662 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