SUMMARY - Monday, 1 September 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) confirmed that during his visit to Beijing he is scheduled to hold bilateral meetings with Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and other statesmen, TASR has learnt from Fico's post on a social network on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22403846 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - On the occasion of the 33rd anniversary of the adoption of the Slovak Constitution, Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) welcomed former heads of parliament at a gala luncheon on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22403914 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - On Monday, on the occasion of the Constitution Day, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) bestowed the Alexander Dubcek State Award on Stefan Grman, Jozef Banas and Jan Telensky. https://etasr.sk/article/22403936 Bratislava, September 1 (TASR) - Negotiations on consolidation measures will continue at the beginning of next week, Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) stated on Monday following the coalition council meeting. https://etasr.sk/article/22403620 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) has left for a working trip to Japan on Monday afternoon, with the aim of his trip being to strengthen the strategic partnership and economic cooperation between the countries, TASR was told by the Parliament Office's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/22403678 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party has called on Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to reconsider and cancel his trip to China, PS chairman Michal Simecka said at a press conference on Monday, adding that Fico should stay in Slovakia and address the urgent economic problems the country has. https://etasr.sk/article/22403531 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - Coalition MPs stand by their decision not to approve the agenda for Monday's session of the House defence and security committee initiated by the opposition in order to discuss the public procurement of fire engines, and labelled it as "grotesque", TASR informed on Monday based on statements from coalition MPs. https://etasr.sk/article/22403507 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - Opposition MPs criticise the coalition for not allowing the House defence and security committee to hold a debate on the public procurement of fire engines, as the coalition MPs did not vote in favour of the session's agenda, TASR reported on the basis of statements from opposition MPs on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22403412 Bratislava, September 1 (TASR) - The state budget deficit reached €667.6 million in August and was about €200 million higher than in the eighth month of last year, chief economist at CSOB bank Marek Gabris stated in a commentary on the data on the development of the state budget in August 2025 published by the Finance Ministry. https://etasr.sk/article/22403385 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