SUMMARY- Friday, 16 January 2026 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 16 January (TASR) - Commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania has rejected claims by several politicians regarding supplied chassis for fire engines and their technical specifications, calling them untrue and misleading, TASR was told by the company's public relations manager Jan Kuhn on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22845631 Bratislava, 16 January (TASR) - The governing coalition is not currently discussing the possibility of shortening parliamentary terms via a referendum, House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) has said in an interview for TASR, adding that he would be in favour of this option. https://etasr.sk/article/22845544 Bratislava, 16 January (TASR) - The value of new orders in Slovak industry fell by 3.2 percent year-on-year in November 2025 to €5.9 billion, making it the seventh month to see a drop in 2025, albeit with the rate of decline easing considerably when compared to the previous month, the Statistics Office reported on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22845422 Bratislava, 16 January (TASR) - The Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Ministry (MIRRI) strongly objects to the unauthorised publication and dissemination of an internal document of the Finance Ministry's Value for Money (UHP) department, which contained preliminary evaluation of projects involving IT systems for the slovensko.sk web portal, TASR has learnt from the MIRRI's communication department. https://etasr.sk/article/22845363 Bratislava, 16 January (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) will meet with US President Donald Trump on Saturday (17 January) at 15:30 local time at the Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida during his working visit to the USA, the Government Office's press and information department told TASR on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22845310 Bratislava, 16 January (TASR) - Government Proxy for Investigation into COVID-19 Pandemic Management Peter Kotlar has said that he has no information about any charges pressed against him, as reported by Plus 7 Dni weekly. https://etasr.sk/article/22845634 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