SUMMARY - Saturday, 4 October 2025 - 9.30 p.m.

Bratislava/Poprad, 4 October (TASR) – The Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) Council welcomed the adoption of the amendment to the Slovak Constitution, and criticised the current government, presenting KDH as a “clear conservative and democratic” alternative to the ruling coalition. https://etasr.sk/article/22523469 Bratislava, 4 October (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini on Saturday welcomed a statement by the Hamas movement regarding the release of hostages and its willingness to engage in a peace proposal put forward by US President Donald Trump. https://etasr.sk/article/22523421 Bratislava, 4 October (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini congratulated the people of the Czech Republic on a peaceful and high-turnout election and also extended his congratulations to the winning party, ANO, and its leader Andrej Babis, TASR learnt from the President's Office press department on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/22523346 Bratislava, 4 October (TASR) – House Chair Richard Rasi congratulated the leader of the Czech ANO party Andrej Babis on his victory in the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic and expressed hope for renewed cooperation between the chairs of both parliaments and the two governments, “as we were used to before”, TASR learnt from a release sent to it by the Parliament's Office press department on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/22523311 Bratislava, 4 October (TASR) – Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico congratulated Andrej Babis, leader of the Czech ANO party, on his victory in the Czech parliamentary election on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/22523285 Nitra/Bratislava, 4 October (TASR) – The Ponitrie Museum in Nitra is currently restoring a painting that depicts a panoramic view of the Battle of Velke Vozokany, TASR has learnt from Denisa Chorvathova of the Ponitrie Museum. https://etasr.sk/article/22523187 Bratislava, 4 October (TASR) – Total sales and revenues of entities in the Slovak forestry sector reached €1.331 billion last year, an increase of 3.4 percent compared to 2023, according to the Agriculture Ministry's so-called 2024 green report, which the government approved this week. https://etasr.sk/article/22522881 Bratislava, 4 October (TASR) – According to preliminary data, agriculture achieved a positive pre-tax profit of €181.4 million last year, the Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry stated in its so-called 2024 green report, which the government approved this week. https://etasr.sk/article/22522692 Brussels/Bratislava, 4 October (TASR-correspondent) – The upcoming EU summit in October (23–24 October) is set to discuss a proposal to amend the European climate law, which sets a binding target of a 90-percent reduction in emissions by 2040 compared to the 1990 levels and this initiative, pushed by several member states, is supported also by Slovakia — as confirmed recently in Brussels by Slovak Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (SNS nominee) and Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD). https://etasr.sk/article/22522564 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