SUMMARY - Saturday, 20 September 2025 - 9.15 p.m.

Beckov, 20 September (TASR) - House Speaker Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) attended the ceremonial unveiling of the memorial to Jozef Miloslav Hurban, a key figure in the history of the Slovak nation, in his native town of Beckov (Trencin region) on the occasion of the 177th anniversary of Hurban's election as the first chairman of the Slovak National Council. https://etasr.sk/article/22473845 Bratislava, 20 September (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) is attacking the family of opposition's Progressive Slovakia (PS) leader Michal Simecka because he is at the end of his tether, fearing the public reaction to the consolidation or, better said, impoverishment, Simecka told a press conference on Saturday in response to Fico’s claims that his mother had misused public funds from subsidies in the period between 2020 and 2023. https://etasr.sk/article/22473778 Bratislava, 20 September (TASR) - State authorities are required by law to immediately notify law enforcement bodies of any suspected criminal offences, Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka posted on social media on Saturday, adding that press conferences are not among the forms of notification provided for by law. https://etasr.sk/article/22473524 Bratislava, 20 September (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) leader Michal Simecka's mother is alleged to have misused public funds from subsidies in the period between 2020 and 2023, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) told a press conference on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/22473377 Bratislava, 20 September (TASR) - The first doses of the Comirnaty vaccine for the new and currently most widespread COVID-19 variant have been delivered to Slovakia, with vaccination to begin from 22 September at 16 hospitals and healthcare facilities across the country, Health Ministry's spokesperson Veronika Danicova told TASR on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/22473180 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. jrg