SUMMARY - Saturday, 31 January 2026 - 5.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 31 January (TASR) – Disciplinary proceedings initiated by Slovak President Peter Pellegrini against Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) head Pavol Gaspar regarding his last year's traffic accident are in line with the law, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) stated on STVR's politics programme 'Sobotne dialogy' (Saturday Dialogues). https://etasr.sk/article/22899332 Bratislava, 31 January (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) has accepted the resignation of his adviser Miroslav Lajcak who has decided to step down due to his communication with late US financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, TASR reported after Fico announced the decision on a social network on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/22899269 Bratislava, 31 January (TASR) – House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) said the Interior Ministry is expected to present a draft law on lobbying within one or two weeks, TASR reported on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/22899237 Bratislava, 31 January (TASR) - Miroslav Lajcak, former minister of foreign affairs (2012-20) and an adviser to Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD), has condemned the crimes of late US financier Jeffrey Epstein, stressing that had he been aware of the full extent of Epstein's actions in the past, no communication between them would have taken place, according to Lajcak's statement provided to TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22899190 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