SUMMARY - Tuesday, 27 January 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 27 January (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) told a news conference on Tuesday that Slovakia should turn down the invitation to join the Board of Peace. https://etasr.sk/article/22884920 Bratislava, 27 January (TASR) - Ambulance services could fall under the remit of hospitals with accident and emergency departments, according to a plan of changes to the emergency medical services (EMS) system presented by Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) at a press conference on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22884993 Bratislava, 27 January (TASR) - If a general election had been held in January, it would have been won by the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party on 23.2 percent of the votes, followed by the senior governing Smer-SD (16.9 percent) and junior governing Voice-SD (9.2 percent) parties, according to a recent poll carried out by AKO agency on behalf of Joj 24 television channel. https://etasr.sk/article/22885076 Bratislava, 27 January (TASR) - The Supreme Court on Tuesday sentenced Robert 'Bucket' Lalis, former boss of the 'Sykorovci' crime gang, to a cumulative life sentence for mafia-related murders, thus overturning part of the first-instance court's ruling from September of last year, when Lalis was sentenced to 25 years in prison, TASR reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22885136 Bratislava, 27 January (TASR) - Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD), speaking at a session of the House committee for European affairs on Tuesday, said that he'll oppose Slovakia joining the Board of Peace and that he can't imagine such a body functioning. https://etasr.sk/article/22885138 Bratislava, 27 January (TASR) - The junior coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) has withdrawn several of its bills from Parliament, including a draft amendment to the Penal Code that sought to reduce penalties for extremism-related crimes. https://etasr.sk/article/22885154 Bratislava, 27 January (TASR) - Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD), speaking at a session of the House committee for European affairs on Tuesday, said that he'll oppose Slovakia joining the Board of Peace and that he can't imagine such a body functioning. https://etasr.sk/article/22885198 Bratislava, 27 January (TASR) - A prosecutor from the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Presov has brought charges with the Specialised Criminal Court against a student referred to as S. S. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] for last year's knife attack at a grammar school in Spisska Stara Ves (Presov region), which claimed the lives of two women, Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka confirmed on social media on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22885296 Bratislava, 27 January (TASR) – Independent MP Rastislav Kratky, formerly of the 'Slovakia'-'For the People' caucus, will join the parliamentary caucus of the Christian Democrats (KDH), according to KDH chairman Milan Majersky, who spoke about this at a press conference in Parliament on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22885454 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