SUMMARY- Thursday, 15 January 2026 - 1.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 15 January (TASR) - The claim by Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) that education is a prime ministerial priority is hypocritical, with reality being the opposite, opposition MP and member of the House Education Committee Tina Gazovicova (Progressive Slovakia) declared on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22842605 Bratislava, 15 January (TASR) - A prosecutor of the serious crime department at the Prosecutor-General's Office has launched criminal proceedings concerning the felony of a breach of obligations in the management of entrusted property with respect to the purchase of the Voderady outlet, Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka announced in a social network post on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22842440 Bratislava, 15 January (TASR) – Last year was a year of rising prices and corruption, leader of the opposition's Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party Branislav Groehling has stated in an interview with TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22842348 Bratislava, 15 January (TASR) – Consumer prices of goods and services fell by 0.3 percent month-on-month in December, the only price decline recorded in 2025, whereas the pace of year-on-year inflation accelerated slightly to 3.8 percent, but this was the second-lowest level last year (the lowest, 3.7 percent, was recorded in April, October and November), the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22842290 Bratislava 15 January (TASR) - The average inflation rate for the whole of 2025 reached 4 percent, with consumer prices rising more dynamically than in 2024 (+2.8 percent), but significantly more slowly than in 2023 and 2022, when inflation was in double digits, the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22842270 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