SUMMARY - Monday, 17 November 2025 - 10 p.m.

Kosice/Bratislava, 17 November (TASR) – The centre of Kosice was filled on Monday evening by thousands of people attending a civic assembly marking the Day of the Struggle for Freedom and Democracy [the anniversary of the end of totalitarian rule in erstwhile Czechoslovakia — ed.note], held under the title '17 November – Freedom Is Not a Given'. https://etasr.sk/article/22669559 Bratislava, 17 November (TASR) – The police recorded no breaches of public order or any other unlawful activity during Monday's gatherings in Bratislava, the Bratislava regional police reported on social media on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22669525 Bratislava, 17 November (TASR) – At a protest in the Bratislava Old Town Centre, the opposition parties Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), Progressive Slovakia (PS) and the extra-parliamentary Democrats called for the end of the government of Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD), aiming to defeat him in the next election. https://etasr.sk/article/22669504 Banska Bystrica/Bratislava, 17 November (TASR) – Thousands of people gathered in Banska Bystrica on Monday to commemorate the events and legacy of the Velvet Revolution at a public assembly. https://etasr.sk/article/22669446 Bratislava, 17 November (TASR) – A Monument to November 1989 was unveiled on Monday at Freedom Square in Bratislava to mark the 36th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, in the presence of participants of the November 1989 events. https://etasr.sk/article/22669417 Nitra/Bratislava, 17 November (TASR) – Respect for differing opinions was the central theme of an event organised on Monday evening in Nitra by the Smer-SD party to mark the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution [the end of totalitarian rule in erstwhile Czechoslovakia — ed.note]. https://etasr.sk/article/22669370 Nitra/Bratislava, 17 November (TASR) – Prime Minister and head of Smer-SD Robert Fico called on politicians on Monday to reform Slovakia's political system on the principle of free democratic elections. https://etasr.sk/article/22669320 Brussels/Bratislava, 17 November (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico and his party Smer-SD will not, for the time being, join any political group in the European Parliament (EP), according to MEP Monika Benova. https://etasr.sk/article/22669127 Trencin, 17 November (TASR) – Police in Trencin have launched criminal proceedings regarding theft and disorderly conduct after two men, aged 22 and 32, committed a theft in a Trencin shop, with one of them assaulting and injuring private security staff and also attacking a shop employee, regional police spokesperson Petra Klenkova reported on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22669037 Bratislava, 17 November (TASR) - If some people are convinced that they would be better off without the regime change in 1989, let's not blame them, nor November 1989, nor the values of freedom and democracy; this feeling is a visiting card of the specific post-November political elites, who have failed to translate the hope of 1989 into everyday life for people, stated President Peter Pellegrini on Monday in a speech at the Gate of Freedom memorial in Bratislava's borough of Devin. https://etasr.sk/article/22669028 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. mf