SUMMARY - Thursday, 11 December 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 11 December (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini acted within his constitutional powers when he decided not to call a referendum on lifting sanctions against Russia, the President's Office's communications department told TASR on Thursday, adding that the Constitutional Court rejected a constitutional complaint against the head of state's decision, which was submitted to it by the referendum petition committee. https://etasr.sk/article/22744941 Bratislava, 11 December (TASR) - The Supreme Court ruled on Thursday on the appeal filed by Justice Minister Boris Susko (Smer-SD) in the case of the accused former head of the Special Prosecutor's Office (USP) Dusan K. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], overturning the Supreme Court's 2022 ruling as well as the 2021 ruling of the Specialised Criminal Court (STS), Supreme Court spokeswoman Alexandra Vazanova has confirmed for TASR, adding that STS should rule on the case again. https://etasr.sk/article/22745292 Bratislava, 11 December (TASR) - I'm leaving the Voice-SD parliamentary caucus, MP Jan Ferencak announced at a briefing on Thursday after the House dismissed him from the post of parliamentary European affairs committee chair at the request of Voice-SD MPs, reiterating that he'll remain in the party for the time being. https://etasr.sk/article/22744840 Bratislava, 11 December (TASR) – MPs of the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party have filed a motion for disciplinary proceedings against director of the Slovak Information Service (SIS) Pavol Gaspar over suspicions of workplace bullying and regarding his recent traffic accident, TASR learnt on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22745223 Bratislava, 11 December (TASR) - Slovakia is interested in continuing an open dialogue and long-term close cooperation with Germany, stated Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) following his meeting with German Ambassador to Slovakia Thomas Kurz on Wednesday (10 December), TASR was told by the ministry's communications department on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22745078 Bratislava, 11 December (TASR) - Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka considers the amendment to the Penal Code that states that evidence obtained from cooperating defendants is not credible to be harmful and factually inappropriate, TASR has learnt from his post on a social network on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22745009 Bratislava, 11 December (TASR) - Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) and Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) held a joint news conference on Thursday to announce the provision of financial support for investment projects that will bring safe and stable electricity supplies from renewable energy sources and modernise heating networks for urban populations. https://etasr.sk/article/22744888 Bratislava, 11 December (TASR) - Energy, defence and security expert Andrej Ziarovsky is joining the opposition Christian Democrats (KDH), KDH leader Milan Majersky told a press conference on Thursday, adding that he's been working with the party on expert topics until now. https://etasr.sk/article/22745272 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