SUMMARY - Monday, 12 January 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 12 January (TASR) - Ludovit Stur understood that a nation does not rest solely on its territory, but on spiritual values, education, language and culture, President Peter Pellegrini declared on social media to mark the 170th anniversary of Stur's death. https://etasr.sk/article/22834184 Bratislava, 12 January (TASR) – The governing coalition is pandering to radicals with a draft amendment to the Criminal Code drafted by the Slovak National Party (SNS), the Let's Stop Corruption Foundation warned on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22834167 Bratislava, 12 January (TASR) – The Supreme Court overturned on Monday a previous ruling of the Bratislava Regional Court issued in favour of the state-owned SPP gas utility in the case of the so-called Ducky's promissory notes, TASR learnt on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22834101 Bratislava, 12 January (TASR) – The government is considering exempting towns and municipalities from complicated public procurement rules for municipal and city rental housing, and wants to enable them selecting construction contractors through a simplified procedure based on three bids only, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said on Monday, adding that this will require changes to public procurement rules. https://etasr.sk/article/22834013 Bratislava, 12 January (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party rejects a draft amendment to the Criminal Code submitted by a group of MPs from the junior coalition Slovak National Party (SNS), fearing that the state's ability to protect society from extremism and hate speech will be undermined, inter alia, as a result of lowered upper limits on sentences for extremist crimes. https://etasr.sk/article/22833990 Bratislava, 12 January (TASR) - The Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Ministry (MIRRI) is finalising the first working draft of new legislation on the protection of minors in the public and digital space, the ministry stated this on Monday in response to opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) calling on the government to come up with specific measures to regulate social networks. https://etasr.sk/article/22833987 Bratislava, 12 January (TASR) - School headteachers and their deputies have called on MPs to engage in self-reflection and to return to the basic principles of decency, self-control and respect in an open letter that has now garnered more than 215 signatures, TASR learnt on Monday https://etasr.sk/article/22833911 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