SUMMARY - Friday, 14 November 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 14 November (TASR) – SPP, Slovakia's largest gas utility, has enough gas in storage to meet the needs of its customers, and it's prepared 17.8 terawatt hours of gas for households and industrial companies, which represents one third of annual consumption, Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) stated at a press conference on Friday, adding that the company also has contracts with alternative suppliers. https://etasr.sk/article/22658646 Bratislava, 14 November (TASR) - The exemption from US sanctions on Russian oil imports via the Druzhba pipeline should also apply to the Slovnaft refinery in Bratislava, Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) told a press conference on Friday, adding that the reason is that Slovnaft belongs to the Hungarian MOL Group. https://etasr.sk/article/22658775 Bratislava, 14 November (TASR) - Slovakia opened its own Chip Competence Centre on Friday at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava, with the event attended by state secretaries of the education and economy ministries Jan Hrinko and Vladimir Simonak, respectively, TASR reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22658492 Bratislava, 14 November (TASR) – Several opposition parties announced on Friday that they are filing criminal complaints with respect to research and development grant calls issued by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for the Recovery Plan and a Knowledge-based Economy, headed by Peter Kmec (Voice–SD). https://etasr.sk/article/22658120 Krakow, 14 November (TASR-correspondent) - A new Slovak Honorary Consulate General in Krakow was officially opened at the Juliusz Slowacki Theatre on Friday, TASR has learnt from its Warsaw correspondent. https://etasr.sk/article/22658430 Bratislava, 14 November (TASR) - A draft agreement between Slovakia and Qatar on the mutual abolition of visa requirements for holders of diplomatic, special and service passports has been submitted by the Interior Ministry for interdepartmental review, TASR reported on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22658538 Bratislava, 14 November (TASR) - Several Slovak government officials will travel to Prague to honour the memory of the late Cardinal Dominik Duka there on Saturday (15 November), the Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry's communications department informed TASR on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22658478 Poprad/Bratislava, 14 November (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) gave a lecture and held a discussion with students at the District Office in Poprad on Friday, with most of the attendees wearing black clothing to express disagreement with the current direction of the country, while some of the students left the event early. https://etasr.sk/article/22658305 Bratislava, 14 November (TASR) - Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air opened its own base at M.R. Stefanik Airport in Bratislava on Friday, airport spokeswoman Veronika Demovicova told TASR on the same day, adding that it will gradually deploy four of the latest 239-seat Airbus A321neo aircraft and will operate a total of 27 direct flights from Bratislava. https://etasr.sk/article/22658619 Bratislava, 14 November (TASR) - A November 1989 Monument will be unveiled on Freedom Square in Bratislava on Monday (17 November), the 36th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, Bratislava mayor Matus Vallo told a news conference held jointly with the monument's initiator Jan Budaj on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22658141 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