SUMMARY - Tuesday, 21 October 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - Pre-school education will be mandatory for all four-year-old children as of September 2027, and a year later, it will also be compulsory from the age of three, according to an amendment to the Education Act approved by Parliament on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22578530 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - The range of reasons for reducing the normative contribution to schools will be expanded, with private and church schools seeing a 20 percent reduction, unless registered as public education providers, according to the new law on the financing of schools and school facilities, which was approved by the Slovak parliament on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22578474 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) has forgiven attacker Juraj C. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] for the assassination attempt on him and wants nothing from him, TASR was told by the Government Office's press and information department on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22578266 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said there is evidence of efforts to obstruct the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump in Budapest, describing it as a sad sight, TASR reported on Tuesday based on information provided by the Government Office. https://etasr.sk/article/22578531 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party is organising a march in Bratislava on Tuesday evening calling for the dismissal of Slovak Information Service (SIS) director Pavol Gaspar. https://etasr.sk/article/22578211 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - Candidate for Bratislava mayor Martin Winkler handed over to the Interior Ministry on Tuesday more than 15,000 signatures necessary for the setting up of a city political party called Danube, describing the emerging party as an alternative for those who have had no one to vote for so far, TASR was told Martin Winkler's team. https://etasr.sk/article/22578488 Banska Bystrica, 21 October (TASR) - The Centre Initiative, an association of regional and municipal politicians from Banska Bystrica region, has criticised the fact that the process of adopting the public administration budget for 2026 took place without a proper dialogue with local authorities, TASR was told by the Centre Initiative on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22578304 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - The parliament definitively approved on Tuesday an amendment to the Electronic Communications Act, transposing into Slovak law the 2018 recast of the EU directive establishing the European Electronic Communications Code. https://etasr.sk/article/22578331 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - The Environment Ministry has launched an environmental impact assessment (EIA) process for two wind park acceleration zones to which the previous government committed itself in Slovakia's Recovery and Resilience Plan, TASR learnt from the ministry on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22578192 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - The Government Office has objected to a call by the Dutch Parliament urging the Dutch government to file a lawsuit against Slovakia before the European Court of Justice over recent constitutional amendments, the Government Office's press department told TASR on Tuesday, stressing that Europe is not the United States and doesn't function as a superstate. https://etasr.sk/article/22578162 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) – The 2026 budget is poorly designed and will stifle Slovakia's economic growth, representatives of the opposition stated in response to Tuesday's approval of the 2026 state budget, which they unanimously rejected. https://etasr.sk/article/22578135 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - An extraordinary session of Parliament on a no-confidence motion in Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Samuel Migal (Independent) is scheduled to take place on Thursday (23 October) at 8 a.m. https://etasr.sk/article/22578554 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - Slovakia, as a central European country, doesn't support the proposed measures under the REPowerEU regulation, the Economy Ministry's press department stated in connection with Economy Minister Denisa Sakova's (Voice-SD) participation in the Transport, Telecommunications and Energy (TTE) Council session in Luxembourg on Monday (20 October), where she represented Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/22578106 Bratislava, 21 October (TASR) - The National Institute of Childhood Diseases (NUDCH) in Bratislava plans to launch a COVID-19 vaccination centre for children aged six months and older in the next few days, NUDCH spokesperson Dana Kamenicka confirmed for TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22578088 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. am