SUMMARY - Friday, 5 September 2025 - 5 p.m.

Uzhhorod/Bratislava, 5 September (TASR) – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Friday, following a meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico near Uzhhorod, that it would be right for Slovakia to be part of a new security system. Uzhhorod/Bratislava, 5 September (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) expressed his desire for good neighbourly, friendly, and “high-quality” relations with Ukraine, wishing Slovakia’s eastern neighbour a just and lasting peace, as well as a “very strong” European prospects. https://etasr.sk/article/22415614 Bratislava, 5 September (TASR) – Starting from the 2026/2027 school year, Slovak schools will begin teaching about artificial intelligence (AI), with AI to be integrated into most school subjects, including computer science, mathematics, civics, and ethics, Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) announced at a press conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22415597 Bratislava, 5 September (TASR) – Leader of the opposition party Progressive Slovakia (PS) Michal Simecka warned that Friday’s meeting between Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not taking place in a positive atmosphere. https://etasr.sk/article/22415516 Bratislava, 5 September (TASR) – Leader of the junior coalition party Voice-SD and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok expressed hope that Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will engage in a constructive dialogue during their meeting on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22415517 Uzhhorod, 5 September (TASR) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Uzhhorod, Ukraine on Friday, with energy infrastructure being one of the main topics to be discussed, TASR reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22415456 Bratislava, 5 September (TASR) - There is a small group of people in Slovakia who have sorted out their housing situation using the money of the Slovak people and the European taxpayers, MPs for the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party told a press conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22415454 Vysne Nemecke/Bratislava, 5 September (TASR) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) met with President of the European Council Antonio Costa at the border crossing between Slovakia and Ukraine on Friday, Fico announced on social media. https://etasr.sk/article/22415450 Bratislava, 5 September (TASR) - The Environment Ministry greenlighted the construction of a new hydroelectric power plant in Cunovo, the ministry’s communications department informed TASR on Friday based on the final opinion to the environmental impact assessment (EIA) which has already entered into force. https://etasr.sk/article/22415248 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