SUMMARY - Thursday, 8 January 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) - Slovakia and the Czech Republic will return to holding joint government negotiations, Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) announced at a press conference on Thursday following a meeting with his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis, adding that the the next meeting between the cabinets will take place in the Czech Republic on 31 March. https://etasr.sk/article/22818910 Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) - Slovakia intends to present an initiative within the European Union (EU) that is based on the example of the halt to aluminium production in Ziar nad Hronom (Banska Bystrica region), said Slovak Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following his talks with his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis, who is paying an official visit to Slovakia on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22819043 Bratislava, January 8 (TASR) - Slovakia won't participate in another war loan to Ukraine, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) reiterated at a press conference on Thursday in response to a journalist's question about this week's summit of the so-called Coalition of the Willing. https://etasr.sk/article/22819169 Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini welcomed Czech Premier Andrej Babis to the Presidential Palace during his visit to Slovakia on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22819226 Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) on Thursday conveyed Slovakia's support for Denmark regarding the current situation involving Greenland during a phone call with his Danish counterpart Lars Lokke Rasmussen, according to information provided to TASR by the Ministry's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/22819124 Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) - Opposition MP Veronika Remisova ('Slovakia'–'For the People' caucus) has criticised the appointment of Alexander Sako as Slovakia's new consul-general in Istanbul, Turkey, pointing to the fact that he's linked to a scandal involving plots of land near the site of Bratislava's planned new hospital in Vajnory, TASR reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22819214 Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) – An information campaign by the League against Cancer focused on preventing the disease will take place on trains operating on the Bratislava–Kosice route on Friday (9 January), TASR learnt from Jan Bacek, spokesperson of rail passenger carrier ZSSK on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22819118 Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) - A Bratislava police investigator has charged 35-year-old Romanian national Pop V. (name abbreviated due to legal reasons) in absentia with robbery in conjunction with the misdemeanour of damaging someone else's property in connection with a jewellery robbery that took place at a Bratislava shopping centre in November, TASR learnt from Bratislava region police spokeswoman Silvia Simkova on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22819071 Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) - Multinational investment bank Rothschild & Co has won a tender to serve as a financial advisor for the construction of a new nuclear power plant (NPP) to be located in Jaslovske Bohunice in Trnava region, the state-owned Nuclear and Decommissioning Company (JAVYS) said on Thursday, adding that the company will provide the state with expert support, especially in terms of preparing and defending the financial structure of the project. https://etasr.sk/article/22818845 Bratislava/Banska Bystrica, 8 January (TASR) - Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on Thursday appointed Ondrej Bernat as the new director of the State Opera in Banska Bystrica. https://etasr.sk/article/22818801 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