SUMMARY - Friday, 6 February 2026 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) - According to preliminary figures, Slovakia posted a negative trade balance in December 2025 with a deficit amounting to €162.7 million, the Statistics Office reported on Friday, adding that this was an improvement of €580.4 million compared to the same period of the previous year, however. https://etasr.sk/article/22918079 Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini left for Milan on Friday, where he'll attend the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Olympics, the President's Office has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22918248 Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) - According to preliminary data, Slovakia ended last year with a trade-balance surplus of €2.7 billion, an improvement of €63.7 million from the year before, the Statistics Office reported on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22918357 Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) – MP and vice-chair of the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party Tomas Valasek has criticised Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) over the purchase of Tatra vehicles from a Czech supplier, TASR learnt on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22918567 Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) - The extra-parliamentary Democrats party has collected 350,000 signatures in support of calling a referendum on shortening the term in office of the current government of Robert Fico (Smer-SD), party leader Jaroslav Nad told a news conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22918662 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