SUMMARY - Tuesday, 23 December 2025 - 9 p.m.

Velke Kapusany/Bratislava, 23 December (TASR) – A roof collapse at the premises of a company in Velke Kapusany (Kosice region) has left three people dead and one injured, police announced on social media on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22780265 Bratislava 23 December (TASR) - By signing the amendment to the Criminal Code into law on Tuesday, President Peter Pellegrini failed, opposition's Progressive Slovakia (PS) party declared on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22780259 Bratislava, 23 December (TASR) - Krisztian Forro on Tuesday submitted his resignation to President Peter Pellegrini from the post of presidential adviser for national communities over Pellegrini's decision to sign an amendment to the Criminal Code on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22780218 Bratislava, 23 December (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini, in an effort to avoid a conflict with Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD), gave up on his constitutional duty to protect the security of all Slovak citizens by not using his veto power on the amendment to the Criminal Code, the opposition's Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) stated in response to Pellegrini's signing of the amendment on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22780142 Bratislava, 23 December (TASR) - Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka regrets that expert opinion has gone unheeded and that the amendment to the Criminal Code was signed regardless, TASR learnt on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22780099 Bratislava 23 December (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini has decided to silence witnesses in criminal cases forever, just like coalition politicians, the opposition's 'Slovakia' party stated in its reaction to the signing of the Criminal Code amendment into law on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22780088 Bratislava, 23 December (TASR) - The opposition's Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party sharply criticised the decision of President Peter Pellegrini to sign an amendment to the Criminal Code, as, according to the party, the amendment will fundamentally weaken the fight against organised crime and corruption, TASR was told by SaS spokesman Ondrej Sprlak on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22780065 Bratislava, 23 December (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini signed the amendment to the Penal Code, claiming that the responsibility for its wording and for this decision lies fully with the government, which agreed to the proposal, and with the majority in Parliament, which approved it, he said in a video published on a social network on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22780039 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