SUMMARY - Wednesday, 3 December 2025 - 9.05 p.m.

Esztergom, 3 December (TASR-correspondent) - High energy prices are the main problem that European industry is facing, so effective ways must be found to reduce them as production shifts to other continents, President Peter Pellegrini stated on Wednesday at a summit of the heads of state of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) in Esztergom, northern Hungary. https://etasr.sk/article/22719241 Bratislava, 3 December (TASR) - The coalition Voice-SD party accused the strongest opposition party, Progressive Slovakia (PS), of attempting to cover up its own mistakes with the Peter Kmec case, including raising the issue of the so-called Benes Decrees. https://etasr.sk/article/22719742 Bratislava, 3 December (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party doesn't believe that Parliament will discuss the planned no-confidence motions in ministers next week, stated MP Zuzana Stevulova (PS) at a press conference on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22719613 Bratislava, 3 December (TASR) – Ministers from Voice-SD should clearly stand behind scientists and the vaccine analysis conducted by the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV), and uphold their pledge to dismiss Peter Kotlar as the Government Proxy for Investigating COVID-19 Pandemic Management if Kotlar fails to perform his duties, House Health Committee vice-chair Oskar Dvorak (PS) declared on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22719333 Bratislava, 3 December (TASR) – The regulation of energy assistance is set to take effect as of 8 December 2025, just 16 days before Christmas, leaving energy suppliers and apartment building managers little time to prepare, opposition MPs Karol Galek and Marian Viskupic (both SaS) warned at a press briefing on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22719272 Bratislava, 3 December (TASR) - The action plan to increase rail-transport safety in Slovakia that was approved by the government on Wednesday includes measures in eight key areas, including, for example, the expansion of the European Train Control System (ETCS) on tracks and in engines, as well as the GSM-R radio system. https://etasr.sk/article/22719444 Bratislava, 3 December (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini left on Wednesday evening for a working visit to the Vatican, during which he will be received in a private audience by Pope Leo XIV. https://etasr.sk/article/22719791 Brussels/Vienna/Bratislava, 3 December (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar departed on Wednesday afternoon from the NATO foreign ministers' meeting in Brussels to Vienna, where on Thursday (4 December) he'll attend a session of the Ministerial Council of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), the ministry's press department reported on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22719332 TASR released a story yesterday (2 December) in which it mistakenly stated in the title and second paragraph that the unemployment rate increased year-on-year to 5.4 percent. https://etasr.sk/article/22719428 Bratislava, 3 December (TASR) - The Justice Ministry presented on Wednesday a strategic document focused on the development of the judiciary between 2026-2031, TASR was told by Dalibor Skladan from the ministry's press department. https://etasr.sk/article/22719700 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