SUMMARY - Thursday, 2 October 2025 - 5 p.m.

Banska Bystrica, 2 October (TASR) – The assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on 15 May last year in Handlova (Trencin region) was an attack on the fundamental principles of democracy and the stability of the state, and according to prosecutor Katarina Habcakova, the defendant Juraj C. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] sought to reverse the policies of the current government, force its resignation, and trigger early elections. https://etasr.sk/article/22516550 Bratislava, 2 October (TASR) – Opposition's Progressive Slovakia (PS) party has submitted a bill to Parliament that would require candidates for the position of director of the Slovak Information Service (SIS) to hold a top secret security clearance issued by the National Security Authority (NBU), TASR learnt on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22516421 Bratislava, 2 October (TASR) - Foreign investors are turning their backs on Slovakia, and those who still remain are investing only in keeping their current production afloat, representatives of the Industrial Unions and Transport Association (APZD) agreed at their conference held on Thursday, noting that changes are needed in terms of how the state is governed. https://etasr.sk/article/22516399 Kosice, 2 October (TASR) - A fatal accident involving an employee of a contracting company occurred at the U. S. Steel Kosice steelworks in its Agglomeration division on Thursday, the company's spokesperson Jan Baca confirmed for TASR in connection with the incident reported earlier by Joj TV. https://etasr.sk/article/22516271 Bratislava, 2 October (TASR) - The continuation of the "Right to First Employment" scheme was launched by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family on Thursday in support of 5,100 job positions for young people, with a primary focus on graduates of secondary schools and universities, Labour Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD) told a press conference on that day. https://etasr.sk/article/22516235 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. mf