SUMMARY - Friday, 2 January 2026 - 7 p.m.

Bratislava, 2 January (TASR) - The year 2026 will be a year of restoring relations between Slovakia and the Czech Republic, stated Parliamentary Chairman Richard Rasi (Voice SD) and the Czech Republic's Chamber of Deputies Speaker Tomio Okamura in their joint New Year's greeting, TASR has learnt from the Slovak Parliament's media and public relations department. https://etasr.sk/article/22799542 Bratislava, 2 January (TASR) - The Education Ministry plans to discuss the setting of rules for optimising the school network in cooperation with local authorities, primary school associations and private, church and ethnic-minority schools, Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) has said in a year-end interview with TASR, adding that the aim is to provide quality while also maintaining accessibility. https://etasr.sk/article/22799594 Bratislava, 2 January (TASR) - The 'For an Open Judiciary' (ZOJ) judges association has called on Judicial Council chair Marcela Kosova to appeal to the Constitutional Court with regard to changes concerning the assessment of testimonies from cooperating defendants, TASR was told by ZOJ spokesperson Katarina Javorcikova on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22799628 Bratislava, 2 January (TASR) - The Transport Ministry plans to complete dozens of projects under the Recovery and Resilience Plan in 2026 and to launch the sale of a single unified travel ticket, while the Kysuce area is to see a construction boom involving the D3 motorway, TASR learnt from the ministry on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22799695 Presov, 2 January (TASR) - A 34-year-old woman and a 36-year-old man were found without signs of life in one of the garages on Levocska Street in Presov on Friday, Presov Region Police Directorate spokesperson Jana Ligdayova confirmed for TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22799705 Bratislava, 2 January (TASR) - House Speaker Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) considers the statements made by coalition Slovak National party (SNS) leader Andrej Danko regarding President Peter Pellegrini to be unfortunate, TASR has learnt from Rasi's stance provided by the Slovak Parliament's media and public relations department on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22799749 Bratislava, 2 January (TASR) - The state budget deficit reached €6.109 billion as at the end of 2025, an improvement of €170 million when compared to the approved 2025 budget, which anticipated a deficit of €6.279 billion, the Finance Ministry reported on Friday based on the full-year 2025 budget balance on a cash basis. https://etasr.sk/article/22799810 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. jrg