SUMMARY - Tuesday, 20 January 2026 - 9 p.m.

Rome, 20 January (TASR) - Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) held talks with Mariolina Castellone, the Vice-president of the Italian Senate, in Rome on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22860391 Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) – It will become possible to submit applications to nursery, primary and secondary schools electronically via the unified ePrihlasky system and secondary schools will be the first to use it, starting as of 8 February, Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) announced at a press conference on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22860626 Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) - Financial Administration (FS) evacuated and, in cooperation with the police, carried out a bomb-disposal inspection not only in its building on Mierova Street in Bratislava but also in 97 other buildings throughout Slovakia on Tuesday morning. https://etasr.sk/article/22860226 Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) - The police have neither confirmed nor denied information that charges have been pressed against former agriculture minister Gabriela M. (name abbreviated due to legal reasons), which was published by the Aktuality.sk website on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22860534 Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) - The Prosecutor-General's Office (PG) has issued an order to initiate criminal proceedings due to the reconstruction of the pipelines at Trencin Faculty Hospital, PG spokesperson Zuzana Drobova told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22860227 Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) - The Doctors Trade Union Association (LOZ) has called on Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) to dismiss Tomas Lorenc from his post of secretary general of the Health Ministry's service office, with the reason being serious suspicions related to the case of water pipe replacement at Trencin Faculty Hospital, as well as media reports about "overpriced and controversial" public procurements at the Health Ministry. https://etasr.sk/article/22860613 Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) - The coalition has decided to ignore the constitutional law, stated MP Stefan Kiss for the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party, commenting on a meeting of the House committee for finance and budget at the Slovak central bank (NBS) on Tuesday, adding that the government is unable to control public debt, so it should have immediately requested a vote of confidence. https://etasr.sk/article/22860716 Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) – The investigation into a traffic accident involving Slovak Information Service (SIS) director Pavol Gaspar is incomprehensible and, therefore, the opposition's Progressive Slovakia (PS) party wants to initiate a parliamentary inquiry at the relevant authorities that have dealt with and will deal with the case, the PS press department told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22860125 Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party on Tuesday called on Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to finally publish the wording of the Slovak-US inter-governmental agreement on cooperation in the field of civil nuclear energy, which he signed in the United States last week. https://etasr.sk/article/22860150 Strasbourg/Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) – The European Union must respond to threats by US President Donald Trump concerning Greenland, Slovak members of the European Parliament Lucia Yar (Renew Europe/Progressive Slovakia), Milan Uhrik (Europe of Sovereign Nations/Republic), Katarina Roth Nevedalova (non-attached/Smer-SD) and Branislav Ondrus (non-attached/Voice-SD) agreed in interviews with TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22860410 Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) - The Firefighter and Rescue Service (HaZZ) rejects criticism over the purchase of a rescue boat for firefighters, defending the acquisition of a single-engine variant, HaZZ press department head Lubica Vlckova Laluhova told TASR on Tuesday in response to criticism published by the Dennik N daily. https://etasr.sk/article/22860765 Bratislava, 20 January (TASR) – Palestinian students studying at Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, together with Palestinian Ambassador Safa al-Khaldi, met Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar and thanked him for Slovakia's humanitarian activity that has enabled them to come to the country and study, TASR learnt from the ministry's press department on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22860423 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