SUMMARY - Thursday, 27 November 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 27 November (TASR) - As many as 179.3 million passengers were carried by all forms of public transport in the third quarter of this year, an increase of 7.7 percent year-on-year (y-o-y), the Statistics Office reported on Thursday, adding that the increase can be ascribed to road transport. https://etasr.sk/article/22699096 Bratislava, 27 November (TASR) - The Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) rose again for the first time in two months in November, but the figure was still lower than a year ago, the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22699209 Kosice, 27 November (TASR) - The anti-corruption unit of the Office for Combating Organised Crime (UBOK) has been carrying out raids in Kosice on Thursday, Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Lea Vilhanova informed TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22699271 Luanda/Bratislava, 27 November (TASR) - Slovakia has officially established diplomatic relations with the Central African Republic (CAR) at a summit of the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) in Luanda, Angola, the Foreign Affairs Ministry's communications department has informed TASR, adding that this was the last African country with which Slovakia hadn't yet set up formal diplomatic relations. https://etasr.sk/article/22699341 Lisbon/Bratislava, 27 November (TASR-correspondent) – Slovakia and Portugal may lie at the opposite ends of Europe, but they are united by a forward-looking mindset and a belief in innovation, education and human capital, said President Peter Pellegrini on Thursday at a Slovak-Portuguese Business Forum in Lisbon, which he opened alongside his Portuguese counterpart Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, TASR's special correspondent reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22699379 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