SUMMARY - Friday, 23 January 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 23 January (TASR) - I'll hold bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris next Thursday, 29 January, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) posted on social media on Friday, adding that the agenda for the talks will be "enormous." https://etasr.sk/article/22872741 Bratislava, 23 January (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) should treat his coalition partners more politely and deal with people's actual problems instead of virtual enemies, stated leader of the junior coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) and House Vice-chair Andrej Danko in a video on social media on Friday, responding to Fico's comments on Thursday (22 January). https://etasr.sk/article/22872230 Bratislava, 23 January (TASR) - Slovakia is currently facing an unprecedented security and economic crisis, and this must be given priority, stated Vice-premier and Defence Minister Robert Kalinak following a meeting of the coalition council on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22872147 Bratislava, 23 January (TASR) - The junior coalition Voice-SD party has commented on Prime Minister Robert Fico's (Smer-SD) statement about consolidation, viewing it as an acknowledgment of its long-term arguments, TASR learnt from the party's press department on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22872119 Bratislava, 23 January (TASR) - Coalition representatives agreed at Friday's coalition council meeting on the agenda for the parliamentary session that will begin on Tuesday (27 January), Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) has stated, adding that he doesn't consider the opposition's proposals to dismiss ministers, which have been postponed in Parliament for several months, to be an issue. https://etasr.sk/article/22872363 Bratislava, 23 January (TASR) - The Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) on Friday welcomed the government's strategic plan to build a high-speed rail line between Bratislava and Prague, but it stressed that visions of the future mustn't serve as a smokescreen for the critical reality faced by rail transport in Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/22872263 Kosice, 23 January (TASR) - The SIAF International Aviation Days 2026 will take place at Kosice Airport on 5-6 September, SIAF organisers announced on Friday, adding that the central theme of the event, whose main partner is Kosice self-governing region, is the 35th anniversary of the founding of the White Albatrosses aerobatic team. https://etasr.sk/article/22872699 Bratislava, 23 January 23 (TASR) - National rail passenger carrier ZSSK continues to pay one-off financial contributions to passengers who suffered injuries in two rail accidents in 2025 - near the village of Jablonov nad Turnou in Kosice region and near the town of Pezinok in Bratislava region. https://etasr.sk/article/22872541 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