SUMMARY - Tuesday, 28 October 2025 - 10 p.m.

Bratislava/Surany, 28 October (TASR) - The battery plant in Surany (Nitra region) is a correct and forward-looking decision, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said during the official launch of the construction of an electric vehicle battery plant on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22602599 Partizanske, 28 October (TASR) - Local governments agree with extending their term to five years, if there is political consensus on the issue, chairman of the Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) Jozef Bozik told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22602445 Bratislava, 28 October (TASR) - The Slovak Republic placed a new 12-year government bond issue worth €2 billion on international capital markets on Tuesday, with the yield to maturity reaching 3.702 percent p.a. at a risk premium of 99 basis points, the Debt and Liquidity Management Agency (ARDAL) announced on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22602372 Bratislava/Paris, 28 October (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) met with his French counterpart Jean-Noel Barrot during his working visit to France on Tuesday, the Foreign Ministry's communications department told TASR on the same day, adding that Blanar also held talks with French president Emmanuel Macron's adviser on Europe Alexis Dutertre. https://etasr.sk/article/22602306 Surany/Nove Zamky, 28 October (TASR) - The Slovak government will do its best to ensure that the R7 expressway is extended all the way to Nove Zamky (Nitra region), Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) said during the ceremonial launch of construction of the battery cell production plant GIB EnergyX Slovakia in the Surany Industrial Park on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22602225 Bratislava, 28 October (TASR) - Social-insurance provider Socialna poistovna (SP) will increase pensions by 3.7 percent next year in line with the year-on-year growth in consumer prices for households as published by the Slovak Statistics Office for the first nine months of this year, said SP spokesperson Martin Kontur on Tuesday, adding that SP will make the adjustment automatically, with no applications required from the recipients. https://etasr.sk/article/22602160 Bratislava, 28 October (TASR) - In order to tighten the rules for social enterprises, the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry has submitted an amendment to the Act on social economy and social enterprises for interdepartmental review, Labour Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD) told a press conference on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22602116 Bratislava, 28 October (TASR) – The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party considers the performance of Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) to be among the worst in Slovakia's modern history, arguing that Blanar is weakening the country's position in Europe, failing to protect national interests and showing "fundamental diplomatic passivity", accusations that the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry rejects. https://etasr.sk/article/22602086 Bratislava, 28 October (TASR) – No improvement has been seen in the personnel policy of Slovak Television and Radio (STVR), vice-chair of the STVR Council Lukas Machala declared during a discussion on the public broadcaster's 2026 budget draft on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22602084 Bratislava, 28 October (TASR) - Sending people to jail for repeated petty thefts isn't right, said House Vice-chair Tibor Gaspar (Smer-SD) on Tuesday in response to Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka's criticism of lawmakers for scrapping this tool. https://etasr.sk/article/22601960 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. jrg