SUMMARY - Friday, 19 September 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 19 September (TASR) - Slovakia is fully prepared for the electronic testing of secondary school-leaving exams in the 2025/26 school year, Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) told a news conference on Friday, adding that the ministry is thus meeting a milestone from the recovery plan. https://etasr.sk/article/22467806 Banska Bystrica, 19 September (TASR) - The trial of Prime Minister Robert Fico's (Smer-SD) shooter Juraj C. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] continued at the Specialised Criminal Court (STS) in Banska Bystrica on Friday with witness hearings. https://etasr.sk/article/22467771 Bratislava, 19 September (TASR) - Slovakia has the ambition to become a leader in the development of the social economy, the Alliance for the Social Economy in Slovakia (ASES) said following the first European Social Economy Summit held in Murcia, Spain. https://etasr.sk/article/22467449 Bratislava, 19 September (TASR) - If general elections had been held in September, Progressive Slovakia (PS) would have won with 22 percent of the vote, followed by the Smer-SD party, supported by 18.2 percent of voters, according to a Focus agency poll conducted for the 360tka news portal. https://etasr.sk/article/22467360 Bratislava, 19 September (TASR) - The European Commission's (EC) proposals will mean the liquidation of agriculture in Slovakia because if €4.6 billion is available to Slovakia for its agricultural sector in the current programme period, it should be €1 billion less in the next one after 2028, Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) told a news conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22467550 Bratislava, 19 September (TASR) - Members of the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party have criticised the organisation of the Interior Ministry Days, which they consider to be overpriced, and they also have a problem with the ministry's inefficiency and other purchases, insisting that Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) should resign. https://etasr.sk/article/22467857 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. tim/ko