SUMMARY - Thursday, 27 November 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 27 November (TASR) - Speaking to MPs in the House on Thursday, Constitutional Court chair Ivan Fiacan appealed to Parliament to fulfil its constitutional duty and elect the necessary number of candidates for one vacant post of Constitutional Court judge. https://etasr.sk/article/22699805 Bratislava/Lisbon, 27 November (TASR) – The governing coalition can't be certain that President Peter Pellegrini will sign the bill abolishing the Office for the Protection of Whistleblowers (UOO) and creating an Office for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Whistleblowers of Anti-Social Conduct, TASR learnt on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22699898 Lisbon, 27 November (TASR-correspondent) - The peace negotiations on Ukraine are currently only in the hands of the American, Russian and Ukrainian presidents - Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy, respectively, and Europe will have to be part of the final decision on the peace plan, but for now it shouldn't be upset that it isn't sitting at the negotiating table, stated President Peter Pellegrini on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22699903 Bratislava/Lisbon, 27 November (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini welcomes the government's decision to invest in the country's defence and to make use of a loan from the European Security Ammunition Support for Europe (SAFE) tool to strengthen the European defence industry and purchase equipment, regardless of the past views of government politicians. https://etasr.sk/article/22699865 Lisbon, 27 November (TASR) - A meeting between myself and the coalition leaders must yield some results, stated President Peter Pellegrini at a press conference during his working trip to Portugal in response to a question about meeting the leaders of the coalition parties. https://etasr.sk/article/22699790 Bratislava, 27 November (TASR) - If Parliament fails to reach a quorum at a special session seeking Transport Minister Jozef Raz's (a Smer-SD nominee) ouster on Monday (1 December), MPs will continue the debate of the regular (43rd) House session, as Parliament passed a proposal to this effect submitted by the coalition caucuses on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22699425 Bratislava, 27 November (TASR) – Montenegro is making significant progress in terms of European integration, and Slovakia fully supports its goal of becoming a member of the Union by 2028, stated Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) at a press conference following his meeting with Montenegro's Deputy Prime Minister for Foreign and European Affairs Filip Ivanovic on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22699535 Bratislava, 27 November (TASR) - Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) is filing a motion with the Prosecutor-General's (PG) Office against his predecessors for their alleged idleness in protecting potable water sources and removing the environmental damage from the premises of the former Istrochem chemical plant in Bratislava, the Environment Ministry's communications department has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22699699 Bratislava, 27 November (TASR) – The Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Ministry (MIRRI) and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) are joining forces to support the reconstruction of Ukrainian cities. https://etasr.sk/article/22699698 Bratislava, 27 November (TASR) - Supreme Court ex-president and former justice minister Stefan H. (name abbreviated due to legal reasons) is to appear before a court of appeal on 13 January 2026 concerning the case involving approval of Russia's aggression in Ukraine, according to the schedule of hearings published on the Supreme Court's website. https://etasr.sk/article/22699657 Bratislava, 27 November (TASR) - House Vice-chair Peter Ziga (Voice-SD) told journalists in Parliament on Thursday that he doesn't think that Jan Ferencak's potential quitting of Voice-SD would threaten the stability of the coalition, pointing to several cases in which Ferencak hasn't backed government proposals. https://etasr.sk/article/22699553 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