SUMMARY - Wednesday, 4 February 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 4 February (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) has expressed surprise that Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka, instead of continuing a factual dialogue in disputes over expert issues, intervened in the political contest on Wednesday with incorrect political statements and claims, which, according to the premier, can be refuted with sufficient expert arguments at the government level, TASR was told by the Government Office's press and information department. https://etasr.sk/article/22912109 Nove Mesto nad Vahom, 4 February (TASR) - The two pupils hit by an airsoft gun that was fired by another sixth-grade pupil during an incident at a primary school in Nove Mesto nad Vahom (Trencin region) on Wednesday suffered only minor superficial injuries requiring treatment at the scene only, Katarina Jarosincova, headteacher at St Joseph's Combined School in Nove Mesto nad Vahom, told a briefing on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/22912168 Bratislava, 4 February (TASR) - I consider statements by Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka he made on Wednesday to be inappropriate and misleading, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) posted on social media, adding that instead of looking for solutions, we witnessed public questioning of the Police Corps, which I unequivocally reject. https://etasr.sk/article/22912585 Bratislava, 4 February (TASR) - The Justice Ministry considers Wednesday's press conference by Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka to be simplistic and politicising an extremely sensitive issue of the fight against corruption, Alexandra Szakalova of the ministry's press department told TASR, adding that the data presented by Zilinka doesn't correspond to the data available to the Police Corps and the investigators themselves. https://etasr.sk/article/22912458 Bratislava, 4 February (TASR) - The government's approval of information on the critical state of the central public administration website slovensko.sk will enable the National Agency for Network and Electronic Services (NASES) to implement necessary and most urgent measures aimed at stabilising the functioning of the website, the Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Ministry announced on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22912373 Partizanske, 4 February (TASR) - Paramedics oppose the Health Ministry's plan to change the system for providing emergency medical services (EMS) and are ready to hand in their resignations if it enters into force, with the Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) supporting their stance, representatives of paramedics and ZMOS told a briefing in Partizanske (Trencin region) on Wednesday, urging Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) to suspend the process and hold talks with them. https://etasr.sk/article/22912261 Bratislava, 4 February (TASR) - Parliament on Wednesday evening began debating opposition proposals to dismiss several ministers as well as a no-confidence motion in the government as a whole. https://etasr.sk/article/22912227 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