SUMMARY - Thursday, 20 November 2025 - 1 p.m.

New York/Bratislava, 20 November (TASR) - Slovakia supported the Italian initiative for an Olympic Truce for next year's Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games in Italy at the plenary session of the UN General Assembly on Wednesday (19 November), Foreign Affairs Ministry's communication department has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22676879 Bratislava, 20 November (TASR) - The Health Ministry wants to cooperate with Hungary in the field of emergency medical services (EMS), according to a draft framework agreement on cross-border cooperation between the countries, which is currently undergoing inter-departmental review. https://etasr.sk/article/22676959 Kosice, 20 November (TASR) - The families who lost their homes in last week's tragic fire in the Maslickovo area of Kosice's notoriously poor Roma borough of Lunik IX are staying in a local authority building for the time being, TASR has learnt from the borough's mayor Marcel Sana, who added that this concerns 29 people including children. https://etasr.sk/article/22677018 Bratislava, 20 November (TASR) - No Slovaks are said to be among the injured following a collision between an express train and a regional train near the city of Ceske Budejovice in the Czech Republic on Thursday, the Foreign Affairs Ministry's communications department confirmed for TASR on the same day, adding that the ministry is monitoring the situation. https://etasr.sk/article/22677029 Bratislava, 20 November (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party on Thursday warned that Juraj Miskov, former advisor to Vice-chair for the Recovery Plan and a Knowledge-based economy Peter Kmec, who resigned recently following controversies surrounding research and development grant calls, is the president of the National Innovation and Technology Center (NITC) association, which became the owner of the bankrupt Voderady outlet just three weeks after the former was set up. https://etasr.sk/article/22677124 Krivan, 20 November (TASR) - The Krivan-Mytna stretch of the R2 expressway was ceremonially opened in the village of Krivan in Detva district (Banska Bystrica region) on Thursday morning. https://etasr.sk/article/22677158 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. ko