SUMMARY - Friday, 24 October 2025 - 9 p.m.

The Hague/Bratislava, 24 October (TASR) - A joint investigation by the Slovak and Hungarian authorities has led to the dismantling of a major organised crime group involved in the smuggling of cocaine, hashish and cannabis worth at least €175 million across Europe since at least 2019, the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) said on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22588370 Brussels/Bratislava/Budapest, 24 October (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban are holding negotiations on the Smer-SD party joining the Patriots for Europe (PfE) faction in the European Parliament (EP), Orban's adviser Balazs Orban told the Euronews website on Thursday (23 October) during the European Council summit in Brussels. https://etasr.sk/article/22588358 Brezova pod Bradlom, 24 October (TASR) - Slovakia is a peaceful country and will promote peaceful solutions at all levels, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) told TASR after he and mayor of the town of Brezova pod Bradlom (Trencin region) Jaroslav Ciran unveiled a plaque to Jan Papanek, co-author of the Charter of the United Nations (UN), on General M.R. Stefanik Square on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22588737 Bratislava, 24 October (TASR) - The coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) didn't want the amendment to the Gambling Act sponsored by Tourism and Sport Minister Rudolf Huliak (Independent) to pass in Parliament on Thursday (23 October), Slovak National Party (SNS) chairman Andrej Danko stated at a press conference on Friday, adding that he's convinced that President Peter Pellegrini won't sign the amendment. https://etasr.sk/article/22588659 Bratislava, 24 October (TASR) - I consider it to be more correct to include the speech of Constitutional Court chair Ivan Fiacan in the session that is to begin on 25 November, Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) told TASR in connection with Fiacan's request to address the House because of the situation with the missing judge at the Constitutional Court. https://etasr.sk/article/22588578 Bratislava, 24 October (TASR) - If the state is to bear all the costs associated with the negative impacts of gambling, it must have control over gambling so that it can minimise its negative impacts on society, Tourism and Sport Minister Rudolf Huliak (Independent) said on Friday after the amendment to the Gambling Act was approved on Thursday (23 October). https://etasr.sk/article/22588478 Velke Teriakovce, 24 October (TASR) - The number of sheep in Slovakia has increased for the first time in 10 years, with more than 10,500 sheep being added, Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) told a press conference in Velke Teriakovce near the town of Rimavska Sobota (Banska Bystrica region) on Friday, noting that the total number of sheep now rose to around 294,000. https://etasr.sk/article/22588449 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