SUMMARY - Wednesday, 22 October 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - The European Commission (EC) has approved a revision of Slovakia's Recovery and Resilience Plan, with the reason being the EC's initiative according to which all member states should simplify the implementation of and reporting on the reaching of milestones, the Office of the Vice-premier for the Recovery Plan and a Knowledge-based Economy has told TASR, adding that Slovakia also used this technical revision to revise the content of certain measures. https://etasr.sk/article/22581434 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - The defence lawyers of Marian Kocner and Pavol Rusko, who are currently serving 19-year prison sentences in the case of the counterfeiting of Markiza TV promissory notes, filed a motion with the Supreme Court on Wednesday to suspend their sentences, their lawyer Marek Para confirmed for TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22581197 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) – The opposition criticised the decision to limit parliamentary debate on the amendment to the Gambling Act, after Parliament approved on Wednesday a procedural motion submitted by the ruling coalition to cap the discussion on the issue at 12 hours. https://etasr.sk/article/22581724 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - An important message of the Cleveland Agreement is the willingness to understand and agree, Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) stated, commemorating the 110th anniversary of the signing of the agreement at an event organised by the Office for Slovaks Living Abroad, TASR was told by the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry's communications department on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22581703 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) – Michal Dzurjanin, Pavel Chovanec and Rebeka Riabova have become the newest members of the Council for Media Services (RpMS), with the decision made by Parliament during a vote held on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22581617 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) has left for Brussels on Wednesday to attend the summit of the leaders of the European Union (EU) member states on Thursday (23 October), TASR has learnt on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22581605 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) - MP and a member of the coalition Voice-SD party Jan Ferencak met party leader Matus Sutaj Estok on Wednesday, however, he told journalists in Parliament that they didn't have enough time and so are set to meet again next week to discuss Ferencak's vision within the party. https://etasr.sk/article/22581386 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) – The National Agency for Network and Electronic Services (NASES), which operates under the Ministry of Investment, Regional Development and Informatization (MIRRI), is requesting compatibility with a specific product from the Czech company Barclet in a tender for IT solutions for the Slovensko.sk online platform, but Barclet is linked to the current service provider of the online platform, GlobalTel, MPs Michal Truban and Jan Hargas (both opposition's PS) warned at a press conference on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22581357 Bratislava, 22 October (TASR) – The National Security Analytical Centre is preparing methodology for monitoring security risks in outputs on social media and in the media, said director of the Slovak Information Service (SIS) Pavol Gaspar following Wednesday's session of the House committee for supervising SIS activities. https://etasr.sk/article/22581284 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