SUMMARY - Friday, 9 January 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 9 January (TASR) - Chaos persists in the new state energy aid system, and people are unable to resolve related problems, with the biggest difficulty concerning higher heating prices, opposition representatives from Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) warned on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22823085 Bratislava, 9 January (TASR) - The Specialised Criminal Court has suspended criminal proceedings against defendant Norbert B. (name abbreviated due to legal reasons) in a bribery case, the defendant's lawyer Marek Para told TASR, adding that this was done due to changes in the Penal Code related to the assessment of testimony from cooperating defendants. https://etasr.sk/article/22822938 Bratislava, 9 January (TASR) - In a video posted on social media on Friday, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) denied allegations of mass abuse of the system and state allowances by refugees from Ukraine. https://etasr.sk/article/22823190 Bratislava/Voderady, 9 January (TASR) - The state wants to recover the money used in the disputed purchase of the former Voderady outlet near Trnava, Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD), who is also serving as acting deputy prime minister for the Recovery Plan and a knowledge-based economy, said on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22822815 Bratislava, 9 January (TASR) - Changes to the School Act have worsened the position of pupils with health or social disadvantages, MP and House Education Committee member Tina Gazovicova and House Social Affairs Committee member Veronika Veslarova stated at a press conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22822944 Kosice, 9 January (TASR) - An association called Kosice IT Valley and Innovation Partnership Centre (IPC) Presov signed a memorandum of cooperation on Friday, further deepening their partnership, TASR was told by Valentin Humenansky from IPC. https://etasr.sk/article/22823011 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