SUMMARY - Wednesday, 10 September 2025 - 9.30 p.m.

Piestany, 10 September (TASR) – The Slovak candidate for the Academy Award is a movie called Father, Vice President of the Slovak Film and Television Academy (SFTA) Martin Smatlak announced during the opening of the 20th anniversary edition of the Cinematik International Film Festival in Piestany on Wednesday. Brussels/Strasbourg, 10 September (TASR-correspondent) – The European Parliament (EP) on Wednesday approved changes to the financing of cohesion and social policies in the European Union and the new legislation will serve as leverage against the Slovak government to unfreeze €200 million it redirected from regional cohesion funds to other uses, MEP Lubica Karvasova (Progressive Slovakia), shadow rapporteur for the Renew Europe (RE) group on this agenda, stated after the vote in Strasbourg. https://etasr.sk/article/22434867 Bratislava, 10 September (TASR) – Opposition MPs from the parliamentary caucus of 'Slovakia'-For the People-Christian Union alliance consider the Russian drone strike on Poland a serious security incident, TASR learnt from 'For the People' press department on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22434849 Bratislava/Osaka, 10 September (TASR) – Slovak President Peter Pellegrini on Wednesday condemned the violation of Polish airspace by Russian drones, which occurred during the previous night. https://etasr.sk/article/22434769 Bratislava, 10 September (TASR) – Government ministers expressed their readiness on Wednesday to make savings within their respective ministries as part of the fiscal consolidation plan unveiled by Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD). https://etasr.sk/article/22434728 Bratislava, 10 September (TASR) – The current measures to consolidate public finances are not perfect and could have been handled better in some areas, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) conceded on Wednesday in his post on social media. https://etasr.sk/article/22434623 Kosice, 10 September (TASR) - At its non-public session on Wednesday, the Constitutional Court decided to accept for further proceedings ombudsman Robert Dobrovodsky's motion regarding the constitutionality of the amendment to the NGO Act, placing it in a single set of proceedings with a motion filed by a group of opposition MPS who had already challenged the amendment. https://etasr.sk/article/22434441 Bratislava, 10 September (TASR) – My ambition is to patiently explain to people why vaccination is important, Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice–SD) stated in response to journalists' questions in Parliament on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22434410 Bratislava, 10 September (TASR) – Incidents involving Russian drones violating Polish airspace are beyond the pale, the opposition Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) declared on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22434395 Bratislava, 10 September (TASR) - EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration Magnus Brunner will arrive for an official visit to Slovakia on Thursday (11 September) morning, planning to meet Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) as part of the trip. https://etasr.sk/article/22434394 Bratislava, 10 September (TASR) - The announced consolidation measures for next year are a declaration of war against working people in Slovakia: their situation is already bad now, and it could even become unbearable, representatives of the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party told a news conference in Parliament on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22434337 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