SUMMARY - Thursday, 23 October 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 23 October (TASR) - Living in peace, addressing contentious issues through diplomacy and restoring respect for international law is still our priority, stated President Peter Pellegrini on Thursday in his speech during the ceremonial part of the Commanders' Assembly of the Chief-of-General-Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces in Bratislava. https://etasr.sk/article/22584324 Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - If a general election had been held in October, Progressive Slovakia (PS) would have won with 23.1 percent of the vote, followed by the Smer-SD party, supported by 17 percent of voters, according to a Focus agency poll conducted for the 360tka news website. https://etasr.sk/article/22583940 Bratislava, 23 October (TASR) - Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) spoke about the Specialised Criminal Court's (STS) disregard for the Constitution during the traditional question time in Parliament on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22584212 Bratislava, 23 October (TASR) - The leader of the coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) Andrej Danko told journalists on Thursday that he understands the position of MP Peter Kotlar (SNS) as regards his request that the Gambling Act amendment should be withdrawn from Parliament's agenda, adding that there was no prior agreement. https://etasr.sk/article/22584178 Bratislava, 23 October (TASR) - Investments, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Samuel Migal (Independent) said on Thursday that he was ready to defend the agenda in connection with a public procurement for supplying IT solutions for the slovensko.sk website, TASR reported after Parliament failed to open an extraordinary parliamentary session initiated by the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party aimed at dismissing the minister. https://etasr.sk/article/22584048 Bratislava, 23 October (TASR )- Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Samuel Migal (Independent) opened Roadshow 2025 in Bratislava on Thursday, a series of events that will be held in nine locations across Slovakia aimed at showing pensioners that the digital world can be not only useful for them, but also fun and safe, the Investment Ministry announced on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22584026 Brussels/Bratislava, 23 October (TASR) - Opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party leader Michal Simecka said in Brussels on Thursday that he hopes for more intensive cooperation with Ukraine in the future, describing the steps taken by the Slovak government in terms of supporting Ukraine, especially in the military area, as confusing. https://etasr.sk/article/22584101 Bratislava, 23 October (TASR) - The new general director of state-run forestry company Lesy SR Vojtech Ferencz, tasked with managing the company as of Monday (20 October), is unacceptable in this post, mainly because he is 'a man of House Vice-chair Peter Ziga' (Voice-SD), whose family is engaged in trading in timber, opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) representatives told a news conference on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22583928 Trnava/Bratislava, 23 October (TASR) – According to Jozef Viskupic, the chair of the Association of Self-Governing Regions of Slovakia (SK8) and governor of Trnava region, local governments should be exempt from the application of debt-brake rules, with Viskupic proposing that they should be governed solely by the provisions of the Act on Budgetary Rules of Local Self-Government. https://etasr.sk/article/22584227 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