SUMMARY - Friday, 5 December 2025 - 5.15 p.m.

Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) - Slovak IT security company Eset has strongly objected to claims made by former deputy premier for the recovery plan and a knowledge-based economy Peter Kmec (Voice-SD) in response to the widely reported case of the National Innovation and Technology Centre (NITC) in Voderady (Trnava region), TASR reported on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22725941 Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) – Lawmakers ended Friday's session with a debate on the government's proposal to set up a new Office for the Protection of Victims of Crime and Whistleblowers of Anti-social Conduct. https://etasr.sk/article/22725853 Vatican/Rome, 5 December (TASR-correspondent) - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in Rome on Friday to discuss global and European developments, with Pellegrini at a briefing held on Friday praising Meloni for her leadership under which Italy is beginning to play a more serious role in European politics. https://etasr.sk/article/22725752 Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) – Although Voice-SD has submitted an amendment to the bill setting up a new office to replace the Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO), problematic parts remain, MP Maria Kolikova (Freedom and Solidarity) warned on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22725706 Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) - House Vice-chair Tibor Gaspar (Smer-SD) will consider whether the amending proposal submitted by Voice-SD MPs could negate the purpose of the bill concerning the Crime Victims and Whistleblowers Protection Office and may even submit his own amendment, TASR reported on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22725705 Kosice, 5 December (TASR) - The new 14-kilometre section of the expressway near Kosice has been used by some half a million vehicles in about two months, with freight transport making up a major portion of this, the National Highway Company (NDS) reported on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22725693 Bratislava, December 5 (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party held a news conference on Friday to point to the shortcomings of energy aid for households announced by Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) on Wednesday (5 December). https://etasr.sk/article/22725498 Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) - Opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party MPs from the special parliamentary committee for supervising the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) will initiate an inspection at SIS based on a letter allegedly sent by SIS employees to PS MP Zuzana Stevulova in which they describe what is taking place at the organisation, Stevulova herself told a press conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22725483 Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) - Oszkar Vilagi has left the posts of general director and chairman of the board of directors at the Slovnaft refinery after two decades there, and he's been replaced by Gabriel Szabo in both posts as of December, the company announced on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22725385 Banska Bystrica, 5 December (TASR) - The NATO Multinational Brigade in Slovakia on Friday handed over a thank-you plaque to the staff at the Banska Bystrica blood donation centre of the National Transfusion Service for their support and cooperation when brigade members donated over 108 litres of blood between July and November, TASR reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22725321 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. jrg