SUMMARY - Friday, 5 December 2025 - 9.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) – House Chair Richard Rasi on Friday received Portuguese Ambassador to Slovakia Maria Joao Falcao Poppe Lopes Cardoso at Parliament and their meeting confirmed the high level and intensity of bilateral relations, TASR learnt from the Parliament's Office press department on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22727309 Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) – A public procurement process for CAS 30 tanker fire engines for the Firefighter and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) has generated savings of more than €2 million compared with the originally estimated price, the Interior Ministry announced on Friday following the conclusion of the tender. https://etasr.sk/article/22727260 Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini lit the Christmas tree outside the Presidential Palace on Friday evening, in the company of several children. https://etasr.sk/article/22726882 Presov/Bratislava, 5 December (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) and his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha opened the Consulate General of Ukraine in Presov on Friday and unveiled its official plaque. https://etasr.sk/article/22726283 Vysoke Tatry, 5 December (TASR) - By signing the Tatra Declaration on Friday, representatives of the agricultural chambers of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) expressed a joint stance rejecting the European Commission's (EC) proposals concerning announced changes to the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2028–34, said Slovak Agricultural and Food Chamber (SPPK) head Andrej Gajdos following the meeting with V4 partners plus Austria. https://etasr.sk/article/22726159 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. mf