SUMMARY - Tuesday, 23 September 2025 - 11 p.m.

Presov, 23 September (TASR) - Reaching a strategic agreement among the world's superpowers will be of paramount importance, along with setting new rules, which should involve a reform of the United Nations, reinforcing all of its bodies, and strengthening a multilateral world where international order and international law would play a far more important role, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said in his speech during the opening ceremony of the new academic year at the University of Presov on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22485636 New York/Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - Slovakia is a full-fledged member of NATO and has so far supported the countries affected by incursions into their airspace, Slovak President Peter Pellegrini and Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) stressed at a briefing for the media during the United Nations General Assembly in New York, TASR informed on Tuesday. Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - The only minister who is part of Slovakia's delegation to the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York is Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) together with his team, the Presidential Office's communications department informed TASR on Tuesday, adding that ministers who are currently on working visits in the USA are not part of the delegation. https://etasr.sk/article/22485356 Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - Protests organised by opposition parties Progressive Slovakia (PS), Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), and the extra-parliamentary Democrats party against austerity measures under the consolidation of public finances are taking place in Bratislava, Kosice, Banska Bystrica, Zilina and other towns and cities across Slovakia on Tuesday evening. https://etasr.sk/article/22485172 Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - The biggest problem in Europe at present is the capacity of the defence industry, said Slovak Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) after a meeting of defence ministers within the Central European Defence Cooperation (CEDC) format in Bratislava on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22485121 Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - The Slovak Bishops Conference (KBS) proposes that an alternative solution should be found to scrapping the public holiday on 6 January [Epiphany] as part of the government's consolidation measures, the KBS press department told TASR on Tuesday, adding that religious holidays on 5 July [St. Cyril and Methodius] or 15 September [the Catholic feast day of Our Lady of Sorrows] are open for discussion. https://etasr.sk/article/22484890 Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - A pre-trial judge of the Specialised Criminal Court (STS) has ordered the detention of N.K. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] as part of an investigation into the disappearance of journalist Pavol Rypal, TASR reported on Tuesday based on information from Maria Horakova of STS, who said that the detention applies for the duration of a temporary transfer to Slovakia's territory between 22 September and 3 October. https://etasr.sk/article/22484762 Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) – The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party considers it unacceptable for Pavol Gaspar to remain at the helm of the Slovak Information Service (SIS), arguing that his continued leadership endangers Slovakia's security and undermines the credibility of the intelligence service both at home and abroad. https://etasr.sk/article/22484659 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