SUMMARY - Tuesday, 18 November 2025 - 10 p.m.

Bratislava, 18 November (TASR) - Registration has been launched for the cycling event "From Tatras to the Danube" to raise awareness about multiple sclerosis, with the twelfth annual event organised by Sclerosis Multiplex Hope Association under the motto "Heal. Move. Live", TASR has learnt at a press conference held on Tuesday by association's chair Jaroslava Valcekova, House Speaker Richard Rasi, Labour Minister Erik Tomas, Health Minister Kamil Sasko and Head of the Neurology Clinic at St. Michael's Hospital Frantisek Jurcaga. https://etasr.sk/article/22672549 Bratislava/Hanoi, 18 November (TASR) - Slovak Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) visited Vietnam on Tuesday to meet his counterpart Phan Van Giang and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam in order to discuss cooperation in the defence sector, as well as in other areas, with Lam extending his invitation to Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to visit Vietnam, TASR has reported, citing the Vietnam+ agency. https://etasr.sk/article/22672385 Bratislava, 18 November (TASR) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) welcomed NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the Government Office on Tuesday, asking him to strengthen Slovakia's air defence, TASR has reported based on information from the Government Office's press and information department. https://etasr.sk/article/22672366 Bratislava, 18 November (TASR) - The caretaker government and state authorities never had the chance to decide on deleting posts from social networks, former caretaker prime minister and MEP (PS) Ludovit Odor told TASR on Tuesday in response to claims by Voice-SD leader Matus Sutaj Estok that censorship was applied to certain posts on social networks between 2022 and 2023. https://etasr.sk/article/22672299 Bratislava, 18 November (TASR) - The coalition Voice-SD party has several suitable candidates to replace Vice-Premier for the Recovery Plan and a Knowledge-based Economy Peter Kmec (Voice-SD), Interior Minister and Voice-SD leader Matus Sutaj Estok told a press briefing on Tuesday, adding that Kmec will return to Parliament where he could become the head of the parliamentary European affairs committee, TASR reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22672221 Prague, 18 November (TASR-correspondent) - The Slovak government and the incoming Czech government are likely to hold a joint session soon, said Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar during a visit to Prague on Tuesday, referring to the results of the general election in the Czech Republic as well as comments made by leader of the winning party Andrej Babis on this issue, TASR has learnt from its Prague correspondent on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22672083 Bratislava, 18 November (TASR) - The Culture Ministry has declared that it's been applying EU law in its operations, head of the ministry's communications department Petra Demkova told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22671962 Bratislava, 18 November (TASR) - The investigation into the Kuciak case has been concluded, so resuming it is technically impossible, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) told journalists on Tuesday in reaction to Premier Robert Fico's (Smer-SD) call to reopen the investigation into the 2018 murders of journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kusnirova. https://etasr.sk/article/22671925 Bratislava, 18 November (TASR) - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini on Tuesday received credentials from five non-resident ambassadors from Armenia, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Montenegro and the Dominican Republic, the Presidential Office's communications department told TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22671862 Prague, 18 November (TASR-correspondent) - Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) presented the Foreign Affairs Minister's Gold Medal to former Czech ice-hockey player and Slovak national ice-hockey team coach Vladimir Vujtek at the residence of the Slovak ambassador to the Czech Republic on Tuesday, TASR has learnt from its Prague correspondent. https://etasr.sk/article/22671639 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