SUMMARY - Friday, 30 January 2026 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 30 January (TASR) - Paul Richard Gallagher, Secretary for Relations with States of the Holy See, will pay an official visit to Slovakia from Friday to Sunday (1 February) at the invitation of Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD), the press office of the Slovak Bishops Conference (KBS) has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22895558 Torun, 30 January (TASR-correspondent) - Slovakia on Thursday (29 January) opened a new honorary consular office in Poland, based in Torun, whose consular district covers the Kuyavian-Pomeranian and Warmian-Masurian Voivodeships in the north of the country, TASR's Warsaw correspondent has learnt from the Slovak Embassy in Warsaw. https://etasr.sk/article/22895793 Cerveny Klastor, 30 January (TASR) - Representatives of the Goral community met in the village of Cerveny Klastor in the Zamagurie area (Presov region) on Thursday (29 January) to mark the first anniversary of being officially recognised as an ethnic minority in Slovakia, Pavol Zamiska of the Association of Slovak Gorals has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22895872 Bratislava, 30 January (TASR) - Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) on Friday left for a working visit to the Czech Republic, where she's scheduled to meet her Czech counterpart Oto Klempir, Culture Ministry spokeswoman Petra Demkova has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22895905 Bratislava 30 January (TASR) - Two trains were briefly heading towards each other on the Bratislava-Vinohrady section on Thursday evening (29 January), after the driver of express train R 10737 passed a 'Stop' signal, spokesperson for state-owned passenger carrier ZSSK Jan Bacek confirmed for TASR on Thursday, adding that the trains were at a safe distance from each other, approximately four kilometres. https://etasr.sk/article/22895953 Brussels, 30 January (TASR) - The European Commission (EC) announced on Friday that it has launched an infringement procedure against Slovakia in connection with the recent adoption of a law transforming the Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO) into a new authority. https://etasr.sk/article/22896047 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