SUMMARY - Monday, 23 June 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - Slovakia won't support any increase in spending on the purchase of weapon systems above the 2025 level in the 2026 state budget, Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) posted on a social network on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22203639 Jaslovske Bohunice, 23 June (TASR) - Representatives of the state-owned Nuclear and Decommissioning Company (JAVYS) and an innovative European company called NewCleo signed the founding agreement on setting up a joint venture called 'Centre for Developing Spent Nuclear Fuel Use' at the JAVYS premises in Jaslovske Bohunice (Trnava region) on Monday, marking another step toward the future construction of four fourth-generation advanced modular reactors. https://etasr.sk/article/22203556 Budapest/Brussels, 23 June (TASR-correspondent) - Hungary, along with Slovakia, have decided not to support the proposed 18th package of sanctions against Russia regarding the war in Ukraine, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto stated on Facebook on Monday after a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels. https://etasr.sk/article/22203212 Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - The Slovak Embassy in Tel Aviv will be temporarily closed to the public as of Tuesday (June 24) due to the worsening and unclear security situation in Israel, the embassy has announced on its social media, while its consular section remains fully available to Slovak citizens in need of assistance. https://etasr.sk/article/22203241 Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - The Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU) has raised the storm alert to the second level for most of Slovakia, TASR has learnt from its website. https://etasr.sk/article/22203645 Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini will travel to The Hague, Netherlands, on Tuesday, June 24, to attend the NATO summit, accompanied in working meetings by Defence Minister Robert Kalinak and Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (both from Smer-SD), TASR learnt from the Presidential Office's communication department on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22203103 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