SUMMARY - Thursday, 18 December 2025 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - Five Palestinian scholarship students from the Gaza Strip have arrived in Slovakia under an assisted entry programme, where they will study mainly medical disciplines thanks to scholarships awarded by the Slovak government, TASR learnt from the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry's press department on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22766634 Brussels/Bratislava, 18 December (TASR-correspondent) - Slovakia has its priorities in negotiations on the European Union's Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), namely funding for Slovak farmers and reducing regional disparities, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) declared on Thursday during the ongoing EU summit, TASR's special Brussels correspondent reports. https://etasr.sk/article/22766613 Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) – The Supreme Administrative Court (NSS) on Thursday found Specialised Criminal Court judge Pamela Zaleska partially guilty in disciplinary motions concerning delays in proceedings in several cases and imposed a penalty cutting her functional salary by 20 percent for four months. https://etasr.sk/article/22766531 Brussels/Bratislava, 18 December (TASR-correspondent) - Farmers turned out in large numbers in Brussels to show that real change is needed at the European level, said Andrej Gajdos, head of the Slovak Agricultural and Food Chamber (SPPK), during Thursday's protests in the Belgian capital. https://etasr.sk/article/22766416 Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - The opposition 'Slovakia' and Progressive Slovakia (PS) parties have criticised the leadership of the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) in connection with the Artem Marchevsky case, demanding the resignation of SIS head Pavol Gaspar. https://etasr.sk/article/22766280 Bratislava/Brussels, 18 December (TASR) – Foreign and European Affairs State Secretary Marek Estok held working talks, with Daniel Lawton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State of the United States for Western, Central and Southern Europe on Wednesday, 17 December, with both officials praising the momentum of bilateral relations and agreeing to firm them up further, particularly in the areas of energy, defence, the economy and security, the ministry's press department told TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22766262 Bratislava, 18 December (TASR) - Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong thanked Slovakia for the solidarity that it showed following last week's attack in Sydney during a telephone conversation with her Slovak counterpart Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) on Thursday, the Slovak Foreign Ministry's communications department told TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22766228 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. mf