SUMMARY - Monday, 15 December 2025 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 15 December (TASR) - Prosecutor of the former Special Prosecutor's Office Vasil Spirko allegedly falsified the minutes of a criminal complaint filed against then interior minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) in the past, writing them together with Lubos Varga, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) stated at a press conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22757881 Bratislava, 15 December (TASR) - Ombudsman Robert Dobrovodsky has sent a letter to the Constitutional Court regarding the adopted law on the Crime Victims and Whistleblowers Protection Office, which is set to replace the existing Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO) as of the new year, TASR was told by the ombudsman's spokesperson Branislav Gigac on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22757865 Cadca, 15 December (TASR) - The tapping of the foundation stone on Monday symbolically marked the start of the construction work on the shortest of the three missing sections of the D3 motorway in the Kysuce area in Zilina region. https://etasr.sk/article/22757795 Bratislava, 15 December (TASR) - An amendment to the law on the financial transaction tax will scrap the obligation for private individuals-entrepreneurs to pay financial transaction tax as of 1 January 2026, Financial Directorate spokesman Daniel Kovac informed TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22757642 Bratislava, 15 December (TASR) - The grief flowing from the deadly attack on Bondi Beach in Australia has reached Slovakia as well, President Peter Pellegrini has posted on a social network in connection with the announcement that a woman from Slovakia was among the victims. https://etasr.sk/article/22757561 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