SUMMARY - Monday, 15 September 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) – The police have launched a criminal investigation with respect to an explosion and subsequent fire in a garden supplies shop located on the ground floor of a residential building in Malinovo (Bratislava region) on Sunday (14 September), Bratislava regional police spokesperson Lukas Pecek confirmed for TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22453726 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs State Secretary Marek Estok will travel to Brussels later on Monday to represent Slovakia at a session of the Council of the European Union for General Affairs, which is taking place on Tuesday (16 September), TASR learnt from the ministry press department on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22453681 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) – Bratislava Transport Company (DPB) is initiating a major renewal of its fleet of articulated buses, planning to purchase 80 new SOR NS 18 diesel-powered buses, each with a capacity of up to 177 passengers, TASR has learnt from DPB spokesperson Jozef Vozar. https://etasr.sk/article/22453562 Bratislava, 13 September (TASR) – For 90 percent of people in Slovakia, job security is the most important factor in terms of employment, followed by how interesting the job is, while a high income ranks only third, according to the Work Orientations 2025 study conducted by the Sociology Department at the Faculty of Arts of Comenius University in Bratislava in cooperation with Focus agency. https://etasr.sk/article/22453561 Humenne/Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) – The National Anti-drugs Unit has broken up a drugs gang operating in eastern Slovakia, detaining three suspects, including a 30-year-old man who has previously been convicted on drugs-related charges, the police reported in a social media post on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22453500 Sastin-Straze/Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini, speaking on the National Pilgrimage in Sastin-Straze on Monday, emphasised the need for national unity despite the deep divisions fracturing the Slovak society. https://etasr.sk/article/22453417 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) – The European Central Bank’s (ECB) decision in September to leave key interest rates unchanged reflects the shared view among its governors that inflation is currently developing in line with expectations and while not committing to any specific future moves, the ECB remains alert and will make decisions gradually based on current data and forecasts, Slovak Central Bank (NBS) Governor and member of the ECB Governing Council Peter Kazimir declared on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22453393 Sastin-Straze/Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) – The Monday holy mass on the National Pilgrimage marking the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, the patron saint of Slovakia, was celebrated by Spis Bishop Frantisek Trstensky, TASR learnt on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22453185 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