SUMMARY - Wednesday, 19 November 2025 - 9.15 p.m.

Bratislava, 19 November (TASR) - If a general election had been held in November, opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) would have won with 21.1 percent of the vote, followed by the senior coalition Smer-SD party, supported by 16.7 percent of voters, according to a recent poll carried out by the Social Research Centre, which is part of the Statistics Office's subsidiary Infostat. https://etasr.sk/article/22675339 Kosice, 19 November (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) met representatives of U.S. Steel Kosice and its parent company, Japan's Nippon Steel, on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22674962 Bratislava, 19 November (TASR) - Tasking Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) with managing the Office of the Vice-premier for the Recovery Plan and a Knowledge-based Economy is a temporary technical solution until the name of a new deputy prime minister for the recovery plan is announced, Voice-SD leader and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok stated on Wednesday, adding that the future vice-premier should be announced shortly. https://etasr.sk/article/22674925 Bratislava, 19 November (TASR) - Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) respects the ruling of the Bratislava Administrative Court, which on Wednesday quashed the minister's earlier personnel decision to suspend former National Crime Agency (NAKA) investigator Pavol D. (name abbreviated due to legal reasons) from duty, TASR has reported based on the minister's answer to a question by a journalist. https://etasr.sk/article/22674995 Bratislava, 19 November (TASR) - Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) has said that the adoption of the United Nations Security Council resolution supporting US President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Gaza Strip may help to resolve the situation and bring the countries closer to a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, TASR learnt from the Foreign Ministry's communications department on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22674877 London, 19 November (TASR) - Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) paid a working visit to the United Kingdom on Wednesday to meet with Speaker of the House of Commons Lindsay Hoyle to discuss the renewal and fostering of interparliamentary dialogue, TASR was told by the Slovak Parliament's media and public relations department. https://etasr.sk/article/22675568 Bratislava, 19 November (TASR) - The Interior Ministry has sent humanitarian aid to Jamaica, which has been hit by Hurricane Melissa, ministry's communications department told TASR on Wednesday, adding that the country requested international assistance through the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism. https://etasr.sk/article/22675334 Paris, 19 November (TASR) - Frantisek Ruzicka, Slovakia's permanent representative to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in Paris, will become the deputy of OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, the Foreign Ministry's communications department told TASR on Wednesday, adding that he will be the first Slovak to take up the post on 1 December. https://etasr.sk/article/22675453 Bratislava, 19 November (TASR) - The Justice Ministry's response to the massive increase in petty theft is late and ineffective, deputy chairman of the Christian Democrats (KDH) and former justice minister Viliam Karas stated in response to the amendment to the Penal Code adopted by the cabinet earlier on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22675122 Bratislava, 19 November (TASR) - Vice-chair of the extra-parliamentary Democrats party and former prime minister Eduard Heger said that neither he nor the ministers of his government intervened in the deletion of social media posts, TASR reported on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22675007 Bratislava, 19 November (TASR) - Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) has prepared a business plan for heating companies to produce electricity from gas worth hundreds of millions of euros, but also higher electricity prices for households, MP for the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party Karol Galek stated on Wednesday, adding that Slovakia doesn't need such electricity. https://etasr.sk/article/22675542 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