SUMMARY - Tuesday, 4 November 2025 - 10 p.m.

Prague, 4 November (TASR) - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini met on Tuesday evening with leader of the Czech ANO party Andrej Babis, who was tasked by President Petr Pavel with forming a new government after winning the Czech general election in October, TASR reported on the same day based on information from the Slovak Presidential Office's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/22626152 Prague, 4 November (TASR-correspondent) - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini met with Czech President Petr Pavel on Tuesday evening at the Municipal House in Prague, where he attended a gala concert by the Kosice State Philharmonic Orchestra to mark the anniversaries of the births of former Czechoslovak President Tomas Garrigue Masaryk and Slovak politician and diplomat Milan Rastislav Stefanik, TASR's Prague correspondent reported on the same day based on information from the Slovak Presidential Office's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/22625891 Trnava, 4 November (TASR) - The Slovak Nuclear Energy Company (JESS) doesn't intend to push through the construction of wind parks at all costs, but instead prepare a methodologically correct and socially acceptable framework for the future development of wind energy, JESS spokesperson Marta Pavlikova told Slovakia on Tuesday in response to opposition voiced by affected municipalities. https://etasr.sk/article/22625793 Hlohovec, 4 November (TASR) - The plan to build wind parks near Hlohovec (Trnava region) and in Michalovce district (Kosice region), which was submitted by the Slovak Nuclear Energy Company (JESS) for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process, is opposed by affected municipalities, according to a meeting of their representatives held in Hlohovec on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22625614 Bratislava, 4 November (TASR) – Slovakia is caught in a so-called middle-income trap, and the only way forward is to transform its economy from a model based on cheap labour and the quantity of foreign investments to one built on a highly skilled workforce and higher-quality foreign investments, Deputy Prime Minister for the Recovery Plan and Knowledge Economy Peter Kmec (Voice–SD) said at a press conference of the Institute for Freedom and Entrepreneurship on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22625431 Bratislava, 4 November (TASR) - The Health Ministry maintains that the procedure applied when the ambulance tender was scrapped was lawful and justified, and it was carried out in the interests of protecting public health, the ministry's communications department told TASR on Tuesday in response to statements made by Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka earlier on the same day, adding that whether actions taken by public authorities are unlawful or not can only be decided by a court. https://etasr.sk/article/22625343 Bratislava, 4 November (TASR) – The Interior Ministry has announced a public procurement for the supply of 30 service SUV vehicles for the Office for the Protection of Constitutional Officials and Diplomatic Missions, with Porsche Slovakia selected as the winner of the tender, the Interior Ministry's press department told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22625330 Bratislava, 4 November (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) wasn't disturbed by Prosecutor-General (PG) Maros Zilinka's legal opinion that the law was violated regarding the ambulance tender, adding that he considers the matter closed in terms of taking political action against Health Minister Kamil Sasko, the Government Office's press and information department informed TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22625244 Bratislava, 4 November (TASR) – The Interior Ministry and the Police Corps are focusing intensively on the issue of so-called petty theft, adopting specific measures to improve security in shops and on the streets of towns and villages, but criminals in Slovakia are also encouraged to steal repeatedly by the opposition, the ministry's press department stated on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22625162 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