SUMMARY - Thursday, 18 December 2025 - 5 p.m.

Prague/Bratislava, 18 December (TASR-correspondent) - The Czech Republic will also participate in the protection of Slovakia's airspace in 2026, the Czech Defence Ministry announced on social network X on Thursday, adding that the respective declaration was signed during a phone call between new Czech Defence Minister Jaromir Zuna and Slovak Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD). https://etasr.sk/article/22765922 Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - Slovakia is still in recession, and it's been impossible to stop this, partly because it is failing in strategic state governance, Supreme Audit Office (NKU) chair Lubomir Andrassy told a news conference on Thursday dedicated to an evaluation of this year, adding that there's no goal for the country regarding where it should be in 2040 or 2050. https://etasr.sk/article/22765857 Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - The coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) will study the reasoning behind the Constitutional Court's verdict that the amendment to the law on non-profit organisations providing generally beneficial services is unconstitutional, head of the SNS parliamentary caucus Roman Michelko told TASR on Thursday, adding that the legislation will probably be amended so that it will comply with the Constitution. https://etasr.sk/article/22765676 Bratislava/Brussels, 18 December (TASR) - Slovak Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) has expressed his support for the protest by European farmers and food producers that is taking place in Brussels on Thursday joined by representatives of the agricultural sector from several EU-member states, TASR has learnt from the Agriculture Ministry's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/22765723 Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) is deliberately misleading people and spreading lies in connection with the main topic of the European Council meeting that is taking place in Brussels on Thursday and Friday (19 December), Progressive Slovakia (PS) presidium member Ivan Korcok told a press conference on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22765784 Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - The Christian Democrats (KDH) welcome the Constitutional Court's decision that the amendment to the law on non-profit organisations is not in line with the Constitution, the party's communications department told TASR on Thursday, adding that in KDH's opinion the Constitutional Court agreed with the arguments that opposition MPs and ombudsman Robert Dobrovodsky had raised from the outset. https://etasr.sk/article/22765983 Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) – The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) parties consider the Constitutional Court's decision to suspend the effects of legislation transforming the Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO) into a different authority to be good news for Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/22766138 Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini is scheduled to visit Slovak professional soldiers serving in Kosovo as part of the NATO-led international Kosovo Force (KFOR) mission on Sunday (21 December), The President's Office's communications department told TASR on Thursday, adding that this is his traditional pre-Christmas trip to visit members of the Slovak armed forces abroad. https://etasr.sk/article/22766008 Brussels, 18 December (TASR) - The Interior Ministry doesn't expect that the damage the government aircraft sustained at Brussels airport will affect the operation of the government air fleet, ministry spokesperson Matej Neumann told TASR on Thursday, adding that the incident occurred during the holiday season and a slowdown in the use of aircraft for work purposes. https://etasr.sk/article/22766119 Warsaw, 18 December (TASR) - Interior Ministry State Secretary and Government Proxy for Local Government Michal Kalinak spoke at the opening conference of the Polish-Slovak cross-border project Safe Border on Thursday, discussing with partners ways to better prepare municipalities and regions for emergencies and strengthen their resilience to the effects of climate change, TASR has been told by the ministry's strategic communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/22766158 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