SUMMARY - Friday, 18 July 2025 - 6 p.m.

Bratislava, 18 July (TASR) – The 'Slovakia' party is standing by opposition candidates vying for head posts of two parliamentary committees, despite their prior dismissals, and it continues to support Michal Sipos ('Slovakia'-For the People-KU Alliance) for chair of the committee on public administration and regional development and Maria Kolikova (SaS) for chair of the committee for supervision of the Slovak Information Service (SIS), spokesperson Matus Bystriansky told TASR on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22277887 Bratislava, 18 July (TASR) – The governing coalition will support opposition nominees for the chair of the parliamentary committee on public administration and regional development, as well as for the committee overseeing the Slovak Information Service (SIS), but that support will not be extended to candidates who have previously been removed from those posts, House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) has told TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22277836 Brussels, 18 July (TASR) - The Council of the European Union officially adopted the 18th package of sanctions against Russia on Friday, previously approved by the ambassadors of the EU-member states in Brussels, with Slovakia being represented by Foreign Affairs Ministry State Secretary Marek Estok, TASR reports. https://etasr.sk/article/22277701 Bratislava, 18 July (TASR) – The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party reaffirmed on Thursday that Maria Kolikova remains its sole nominee for the post of chair of the parliamentary committee overseeing the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS). https://etasr.sk/article/22277664 Bratislava, 18 July (TASR) - A prosecutor has indicted ex-police officer Roman S. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] for bribery, TASR learnt from Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Peter Habara on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22277619 Bratislava, 18 July (TASR) - The opposition has welcomed the approval on Friday of the new 18th package of sanctions against Russia, while also criticising Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) for blocking the sanctions for several weeks. https://etasr.sk/article/22277571 Bratislava, 18 July (TASR) - The coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) is disappointed that Slovakia supported the 18th package of sanctions aganist Russia, party leader Andrej Danko stated on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22277473 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. mf