SUMMARY - Thursday, 18 December 2025 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - If a general election had been held in December, Progressive Slovakia (PS) would have won with 21.7 percent of the vote, followed by the Smer-SD party, supported by 17.4 percent of voters, according to a Focus agency poll conducted for the 360tka news website. https://etasr.sk/article/22765263 Brussels/Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - The government plane of the Interior Ministry's Aviation Department, which brought Slovak Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to Brussels for the EU-Western Balkans summit and the European Council meeting on Wednesday (17 December), had an accident at Brussels airport. https://etasr.sk/article/22765362 Brussels/Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - The government plane of the Interior Ministry's aviation department, which brought Slovak Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to Brussels on Wednesday (17 December), was grounded for safety reasons after an accident at Brussels airport, reads a press release published by the Interior Minister's Office on Thursday, adding that neither the crew, nor the passengers were in any danger during the accident. https://etasr.sk/article/22765437 Brussels, 18 December (TASR-correspondent) - Although Serbia is among the best-prepared countries, more and more conditions are still being devised for it to join the European Union, said Slovak Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following the EU-Western Balkans summit in Brussels on Wednesday (17 December). https://etasr.sk/article/22765500 Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - The Platform for Democracy, which brings together more than 80 non-governmental non-profit organisations, has welcomed the Constitutional Court's decision concerning the NGO Act, TASR has been told by Katarina Batkova, director of the Via Iuris civil association and member of the Platform for Democracy executive committee. https://etasr.sk/article/22765598 Kuchyna, 18 December (TASR) - The scheduled arrival of three new F-16 fighter jets at the military airbase in Kuchyna near Malacky (Bratislava region) won't take place on Thursday, Slovak army spokesman Stefan Zemanovic has informed TASR, adding that this is due to unfavourable weather conditions. https://etasr.sk/article/22765599 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. ko