SUMMARY - Monday, 2 February 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 2 February (TASR) - At a press conference on Monday, opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) MPs Michal Simecka and Tamara Stohlova criticised the allocation of EU funds for water retention measures by the Environment Ministry. Bratislava, 2 February (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) should clearly answer questions about whether he met late American sex predator Jeffrey Epstein and former advisor to President Donald Trump Steve Bannon, stated Progressive Slovakia (PS) leader Michal Simecka at a press conference on Monday, adding that this is indicated in Epstein's communications with the premier's former advisor Miroslav Lajcak, which were published by the US Department of Justice. https://etasr.sk/article/22906178 Bratislava/Banska Bystrica, 2 February (TASR) – Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) on Monday dismissed acting general director Juraj Marek and appointed Boris Gregor as general director of state-owned enterprise Forests of the Slovak Republic (Lesy SR), with effect as of 3 February. https://etasr.sk/article/22906129 Graubunden/Bratislava, 2 February (TASR) - A group of four Slovak skiers was buried by an avalanche at the Swiss resort of Piz Alv in Ponterisme, located in Graubunden canton, on Saturday (31 January) afternoon, TASR learnt from the GRHeute and 20min.ch websites on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22906092 Bratislava, 2 February (TASR) - The state budget saw a deficit of €346.6 million at the end of January 2026, which was a deterioration of €184.6 million, or 113.9 percent year-on-year (y-o-y), the Finance Ministry reported on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22906022 Bratislava/Maskat, 2 February (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Ministry State Secretary Marek Estok on Monday left for Oman, where he's scheduled to hold bilateral political consultations with Sheikh Khalifa bin Ali Al Harthy, Under Secretary for Political Affairs at the Foreign Ministry of Oman, on Tuesday, the Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry's communications department informed TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22905979 Durdos/Bratislava, 2 February (TASR) – The police have concluded an investigation into the case of a 42-year-old mayor of a village in Presov region, and an investigator from the anti-corruption unit filed a motion on Monday to press charges against him for the felony of the misuse of power by a public official and accepting a bribe, Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Roman Hajek told TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22905952 Bratislava, 2 February (TASR) - The police have broke up a gang illegally employing Serbian nationals in Slovakia as part of an operation called Sava, with an investigator charging a 42-year-old Serbian woman with the crime of human trafficking, Diana Dudakova Janusikova of the Police Corps Presidium's communications and prevention department informed TASR on Monday, adding that the illicit gain was quantified at no less than €25,300. https://etasr.sk/article/22905917 Bratislava, 2 February (TASR) – Many cities, towns and regions in Slovakia are massively, grossly and systematically violating the constitutional principle of the equal status of voters and candidates in elections to representative bodies, Ombudsman Robert Dobrovodsky announced at a press conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22905900 Dunajska Streda, 2 February (TASR) - A new client centre of the District Office in Dunajska Streda (Trnava region) was ceremonially opened on Monday with Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) in attendance. https://etasr.sk/article/22905854 Bratislava/Dunajska Streda, 2 February (TASR) – Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) plans to file a complaint against a decision by the district court in Banska Bystrica, which on Friday, 30 January rejected his request to halt distraint proceedings concerning compensation awarded to the police investigators centered around Jan Curilla. https://etasr.sk/article/22905833 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