SUMMARY - Thursday, 8 January 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) - Several districts of Slovakia are expected to face very low temperatures overnight on Thursday, with readings dropping to as low as minus 24 degrees Celsius, prompting the Slovak Hydrometeorological Office (SHMU) to issue warnings, while also cautioning against snow drifts. https://etasr.sk/article/22819755 Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) - The devastation of the country under the current governing coalition is clearly reflected in the devastation of culture under the current Culture Ministry, the opposition's Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party stated on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22819637 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/22819526 Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) - In cooperation with the police, Financial Administration (FS - the tax and customs office) checked 270 vehicles and 810 people during the Zelena 2026 (Green 2026) security and enforcement exercise on Wednesday (7 January), TASR has learnt from director of the FS communications department Lucia Verchovodkova. https://etasr.sk/article/22819481 Prague, 8 January (TASR-correspondent) - Former Czech prime minister Petr Fiala on Thursday expressed his concerns about an alliance that could be formed between current Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and his Slovak and Hungarian counterparts Robert Fico and Viktor Orban, respectively, TASR has learnt from its Prague correspondent. https://etasr.sk/article/22819358 Budapest/Bratislava, 8 January (TASR-correspondent) – Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief adviser on Hungarians abroad, Katalin Szili, has sent an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urging Brussels to intervene over a recent legislative change in Slovakia related to the Benes Decrees, TASR's special correspondent in Budapest reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22819353 Bratislava, 8 January (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini has appointed Terezia Mecelova as deputy chair of the Supreme Court, presenting her with the appointment decree at the Presidential Palace on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22819323 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