SUMMARY - Friday, 12 December 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 12 December (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) welcomes the overturning of President Peter Pellegrini's veto on the bill transforming the Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO) into a new institution in Parliament, emphasising that Smer-SD will always respect the president but won't support Pellegrini in a future presidential election, TASR has learnt from the prime minister's post on a social network on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22748405 Bratislava, 12 December (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini has said in a video posted on a social network that he won't sign the law on transforming the Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO) into a new authority even after his veto was overridden by Parliament on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22748094 Bratislava, 12 December (TASR) - The Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO) respects MPs' decision to override President Peter Pellegrini's veto earlier on Friday, but it sees it as a step in which political interests have prevailed over the public interest. https://etasr.sk/article/22748177 Prague/Bratislava, 12 December (TASR) - Czech Premier-designate Andrej Babis will pay his first official foreign visit according to tradition in Slovakia, his ANO party has posted on a social network, adding that the date of the visit has been set for 8 January, 2026. https://etasr.sk/article/22748219 Bratislava, 12 December (TASR) – The parliamentary caucuses of Smer-SD and Voice-SD have condemned the behaviour of MP and leader of the 'Slovakia' party Igor Matovic and other opposition members in Parliament on Thursday (11 December), pointing to what they called vulgar and aggressive attacks by Matovic against female coalition MPs, representatives of the Smer-SD and Voice-SD caucuses stated at a press conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22748268 Bratislava, 12 December (TASR) – MP and leader of the 'Slovakia' party Igor Matovic will file a criminal complaint against MP Zuzana Plevikova (Smer-SD) for defamation in response to statements at a press conference on Friday concerning Thursday's (11 December) incident in Parliament. https://etasr.sk/article/22748381 Kuchyna, 12 December (TASR) - For Spanish military units at the Kuchyna Air Base transport wing in Bratislava region, the ability to cooperate with each other is currently a priority among the technical and tactical skills being practiced, the commander of the units, Colonel Juan Antonio Puime Maroto, told TASR on Friday, adding that the sovereignty of all NATO countries is a priority for them and the reason behind the training. https://etasr.sk/article/22748296 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