SUMMARY - Wednesday, 24 September 2025 - 5 p.m.

Borsa/Bratislava, 24 September (TASR) – My government bears no responsibility for the state of public finances in 2023, the worst in the EU, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) after an away-from-home session of the government in the village of Borsa (Kosice region) on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22488190 Bratislava, 24 September (TASR) - The coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) is calling on Slovak President Peter Pellegrini to publish a list of the people on board the official government aircraft that took him to the United States, plus one for the return flight, TASR was told by SNS spokesperson Zuzana Skopcova on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22488200 Bratislava, 24 September (TASR) – Countries that have already experienced incursions by Russian drones or fighter jets are expected to participate in the initial discussion on a drone defence barrier along the eastern border of the European Union, and as no such incursion has taken place in Slovakia, it is entirely natural for the current consultations to take place at this level, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) has stated on social media. https://etasr.sk/article/22488004 Bratislava, 24 September (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party is calling on Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) to return to the ministry the money she's spent on her trip to the United States, the party leaders told a press conference held by opposition parties on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22487923 Bratislava, 24 September (TASR) - Former TV Markiza general director and ex-economy minister Pavol Rusko has been acquitted of the attempted murder of former co-owner of the television channel Sylvia Klaus-Volzova by Bratislava Regional Court, TASR learnt on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22487809 Uhrovec, 24 September (TASR) - The village of Uhrovec in the district of Banovce nad Bebravou (Trencin region) will commemorate the Year of Ludovit Stur with an educational seminar for pupils called 'Ludovit Stur and the Youth of the 21st Century', Uhrovec mayor Zuzana Macekova told TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22487801 Leopoldov, 24 September (TASR) - Former Banska Bystrica mob boss Mikulas Cernak, who was given a life sentence, will remain in prison, but the decision of a Trnava District Court senate regarding the proposal for granting Cernak parole is not yet final, as his lawyer has filed an appeal against the verdict, which will be decided on by a regional court. https://etasr.sk/article/22487655 Borsa/Bratislava, 24 September (TASR) - At its away-from-home session held in the village of Borsa (Kosice region) on Wednesday, the government decided to provide over €2 million to help improve the economic and social situation in the districts of Trebisov and Roznava, with more than €1.5 million going to specific local government projects in the two eastern-Slovak districts. https://etasr.sk/article/22487611 Bratislava, 24 September (TASR) - The opposition 'Slovakia' party rejects austerity measures affecting employees and sole traders and higher value-added tax on certain foods, and it wants to repeal such measures via an amendment to the consolidation bill in Parliament, said the party's MPs at a press conference on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22487607 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