SUMMARY - Tuesday, 16 September 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 16 September (TASR) - Gatherings organised by the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party against consolidation are taking place in Bratislava, Kosice, Banska Bystrica, Zilina and 12 other cities and towns in Slovakia on Tuesday evening. https://etasr.sk/article/22456812 Bratislava, 16 September (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) is afraid that the entire opposition will unite, stated the opposition 'Slovakia' party on Tuesday, party spokesman Matus Bystriansky told TASR, adding that the 'Slovakia' party doesn't understand the position of Progressive Slovakia (PS), which, according to him, banned representatives of the 'Slovakia' party from speaking at Tuesday's protest rally. https://etasr.sk/article/22456996 Bratislava, 16 September (TASR) - The parliamentary conflicts of interest committee at its session on Tuesday levied a fine on Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) equalling three times his monthly salary for his failure to declare ownership of his wife's villa in Croatia in his property declaration, Kalinak's lawyer David Lindtner has confirmed for TASR following the committee session. https://etasr.sk/article/22456360 Bratislava, 16 September (TASR) - Following a meeting of the Economic and Social Council on Tuesday, representatives of trade unions, employers and the Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) stated that they disagree with the adoption of the presented consolidation measures for next year as a whole, with employers stating that several of the measures will negatively affect entrepreneurs in Slovakia, and trade unions opposing the scrapping of public holidays and no increases in civil servants' salaries. https://etasr.sk/article/22456625 Bratislava, 16 September (TASR) - Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) presented on Tuesday the Jozef Miloslav Hurban State Award to three figures - Slovak Bishops Conference head and Archbishop of Kosice Bernard Bober, writer and screenwriter Peter Jaros, and politician and educator Milan Ftacnik in memoriam. https://etasr.sk/article/22457060 Bratislava, 16 September (TASR) - During their session on Tuesday, MPs discussed a proposal for a fact-tracked legislative procedure in connection with the adoption of consolidation measures. https://etasr.sk/article/22456920 Bratislava, 16 September (TASR) - The Voice-SD party supports the calls of the international community to stop the killing of civilians in the Gaza Strip and to allow humanitarian and medical aid for the people in the region, party chairman and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok posted on a social network in response to the conclusions of the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council investigators that Israel is committing genocide there, adding that the party no longer considers the state of the conflict between Israel and Hamas to be an objective defence of Israel, but a blanket killing of civilians. https://etasr.sk/article/22456718 Bratislava, 16 September (TASR) - The Culture Ministry has announced a selection procedure to fill the post of member of the STVR Council, with the deadline for candidates set at 22 September, TASR reported on Tuesday based on the ministry's call published earlier on its website. https://etasr.sk/article/22456479 Lucenec, 16 September (TASR) - The Regional Public Health Office in Lucenec has detected two new active cases of viral hepatitis A (VHA) in Lucenec district in the past week - one in the town of Lucenec and another in the village of Cakanovce (both Banska Bystrica region), the office has reported on its website. https://etasr.sk/article/22456494 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