SUMMARY - Friday, 5 December 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) - Slovakia's gross domestic product (GDP) in fixed prices grew by 0.9 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) in the third quarter of 2025, the highest growth rate seen this year, but still below 1 percent, the Statistics Office reported on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22724849 Vienna, 5 December (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) at a meeting of the Friends of the Western Balkans group in Vienna on Thursday (4 December) confirmed Slovakia's support for the EU-integration processes of the countries of the region, the Foreign Affairs Ministry's communications department has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22725065 Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) - The Lekari nahlas (Doctors Aloud) initiative is calling on Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to take action immediately towards removing Government Proxy for Investigating COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar from his post, Ela Dekankova from the initiative told TASR on Friday, adding that Kotlar is being criticised for spreading doubts concerning public health and undermining trust in evidence-based medicine. https://etasr.sk/article/22725167 Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) - A man's body with no signs of life was found in Bratislava's borough of Petrzalka on Friday, the Bratislava Regional Police has reported on a social network, specifying that they found a 43-year-old man hanged at the scene. https://etasr.sk/article/22725170 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