SUMMARY - Thursday, 15 January 2026 - 9.05 p.m.

Bratislava, 15 January (TASR) - In 2025, 227 people were killed on Slovak roads, which was the lowest number since 1966, when these statistics began to be recorded, according to the figures for 2025 presented at a press conference on Thursday by Police Corps Vice-president Rastislav Polakovic, head of the Public Order Police Department Stanislav Hromadka and director of the Traffic Police Department Juraj Tlachac. https://etasr.sk/article/22843266 Bratislava, 15 January (TASR) - Last year, public order police intervened an average of 1,175 times per day, with the total number of incidents exceeding 428,000, according to the figures for 2025 presented at a press conference on Thursday by Police Corps Vice-president Rastislav Polakovic, head of the Public Order Police Department Stanislav Hromadka and director of the Traffic Police Department Juraj Tlachac. https://etasr.sk/article/22843497 Bratislava, 15 January (TASR) - The Interior Ministry rejected the claims made by the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) and 'Slovakia' parties in connection with the purchase of fire engines, describing the allegations as untrue and misleading, according to a statement provided by Interior Ministry's spokesperson Matej Neumann on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22843685 Bratislava, 15 January (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) left for the US on Thursday afternoon to meet with US Secretary of Energy Christopher A. Wright in Washington on Friday (January 16) at approximately 3 p.m. local time and then attend a ceremony to sign an agreement between the Slovak and US governments on cooperation in the field of civil nuclear energy, the Government Office's press and information department told TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22843660 Bratislava, 15 January (TASR) - A delegation led by Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) Alexus Grynkewich met Slovak representatives at the General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces to discuss the harmonisation of Slovak national defence plans with those of the Alliance, spokesman for the armed forces Stefan Zemanovic told TASR on Thursday, adding that another topic of discussion was Slovakia's involvement in protecting member states from drones. https://etasr.sk/article/22843395 Bratislava, 15 January (TASR) - Several opposition parties have welcomed the launch of 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, TASR reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22843277 Bratislava, 15 January (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party calls for a parliamentary inquiry regarding the purchase of fire engines by the Interior Ministry, pointing to doubts concerning the transparency of the tender, the technical quality of the vehicles, and their actual value, while the 'Slovakia' party recalls that firefighters all around Slovakia are experiencing problems, TASR reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22843413 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