SUMMARY - Thursday, 29 January 2026 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 29 January (TASR) - If a general election had been held in January, it would have been won by the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party on 22.2 percent of the votes, followed by the senior governing Smer-SD (17.5 percent), according to a recent poll carried out by the Social Research Centre, which is part of the Statistics Office's subsidiary Infostat. https://etasr.sk/article/22891812 Bratislava, 29 January (TASR) - Slovak entrepreneurs and consumers expressed concerns about the upcoming development of the Slovak economy in January, with the Economic Sentiment Indicator (ESI) falling by 4.5 points from December 2025 to stand at 97.4, the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22891840 Bratislava, 29 January (TASR) - On the third day into the 46th parliamentary session, MPs are expected to continue the debate on amendments to the Parliament's Rules of Procedure and the code of ethics for MPs, TASR reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22891960 Bratislava, 29 January (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico will leave for Paris on Thursday, where he will be received by French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace, TASR has learnt from the Government Office. https://etasr.sk/article/22891974 Golianovo, 29 January (TASR) - The Nitra Region Police Directorate has confirmed a successful conclusion to an operation in the village of Golianovo (Nitra region), where a father was holding two young children in a house on Wednesday (28 January), refusing to hand them over to their mother. https://etasr.sk/article/22892097 Bratislava, 29 January (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party will seek to convene a special meeting of the parliamentary agriculture and environment committee over the Fafokan scandal, which involves a private luxury villa disguised as a guest house that was financed from funds of the EU and Agricultural Payment Agency (PPA), MP Alojz Hlina (SaS) told a news conference on Thursday, adding that both the agriculture minister and PPA chief will be invited. https://etasr.sk/article/22892236 Kosice, 29 January (TASR) - A criminal prosecution regarding the offence of facilitating suicide in the case of the tragic death of a ninth-grade pupil at a primary school in the village of Parchovany (Kosice region) in November 2023 has been halted, TASR learnt from Kosice Regional Prosecutor's Office spokesperson Jarmila Janova on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22892293 Bratislava, 29 January (TASR) - Member of the International Olympic Committee in Slovakia Danka Hrbekova took the floor in Parliament on Thursday in connection with the departure of Slovak athletes for the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games. https://etasr.sk/article/22892295 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. ko