SUMMARY - Thursday, 4 September 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) - Energy infrastructure will be high on the agenda of the meeting between Slovak Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Uzhhorod, the Government Office's press and information department told TASR on Thursday, adding that the prime minister is due to travel to the meeting on Friday (5 September). https://etasr.sk/article/22412144 Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) - The running of Parliament and its bodies isn't endangered or disrupted in any way in connection with the occurrence of hepatitis, Parliament's Office told TASR on Thursday, adding that there has been no disruption in the committee meetings. https://etasr.sk/article/22412143 Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) – Opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party is calling for the dismissal of the head of the Slovak Information Service (SIS) Pavol Gaspar, accusing him of a breach of confidentiality, MP Maria Kolikova (SaS) announced at a press conference on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22412127 Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) - Consolidation measures might apply to the judiciary and the Prison and Court Guard Corps, but there is no room for austerity in the case of goods and investments, for which the Justice Ministry has allocated two percent from its budget, Justice Minister Boris Susko (Smer-SD) admitted when speaking to journalists on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22412092 Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) - Slovakia will never be able to consolidate its public finances if it doesn't kick-start its economic growth, MEP Ludovit Odor together with MP Stefan Kiss (both PS) stated at a conference held by the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party where they officially presented an economic plan called Bang. https://etasr.sk/article/22412084 Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) - Registration for vaccination with a new COVID-19 vaccine has started, with those interested being able to register via the form of the National Health Information Centre (NCZI), NCZI communication specialist Simona Uhlarova Jarosova told TASR on Thursday, adding that appointments will begin to be assigned at the end of September. https://etasr.sk/article/22411994 Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) - The Bang is a guide to restarting Slovakia's economy, stopping its decline and raising the standard of living of all people, chairman of the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) Michal Simecka said at an economic conference in Bratislava called Bang. https://etasr.sk/article/22411896 Strasbourg, 4 September (TASR) - The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) calls on the Slovak Republic to take action to implement the outstanding recommendations in preventing corruption and strengthening the integrity of the police force, TASR reported based on a press release published by the Council of Europe on Thursday, saying that Slovakia has fully implemented only five of the 21 recommendations in the 2019 evaluation report. https://etasr.sk/article/22411777 Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) - Reacting to a journalist's question on Thursday, Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) has confirmed the occurrence of hepatitis in Parliament. https://etasr.sk/article/22411709 Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) - I expect a constructive dialogue from the meeting between Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) stated in Parliament in response to a journalist's question and added that in his opinion, this is important for Slovakia, as Ukraine is its neighbouring country. https://etasr.sk/article/22411551 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