SUMMARY - Friday, 6 February 2026 - 5.30 p.m.

Jakarta/Singapore/Bratislava, 6 February (TASR-correspondent) – Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar was accompanied on his visit to Indonesia and Singapore by a business mission made up of more than ten Slovak companies, as well as representatives of the Slovak Investment and Trade Development Agency (SARIO) and Eximbanka, TASR's special correspondent reported on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22918970 Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) - Defence Minister Robert Kalinak and House Vice-chair Tibor Gaspar (both Smer-SD) said at a news conference held by the Defence Ministry on Friday that they can envisage the election of a new prosecutor-general (PG) taking place before the next general election due to be held in the autumn of 2027. https://etasr.sk/article/22919217 Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) - MPs for the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party have submitted a motion to convene a special House session on the state of investigations into corruption and organised crime, demanding that Prosecutor-General (PG) Maros Zilinka should address the session as well, SaS vice-chair Maria Kolikova told a news conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22919452 Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) – The Defence Ministry will file a motion to review decisions by the law-enforcement authorities in cases related to the donation of military equipment to Ukraine, Defence Ministry State Secretary Igor Melicher announced at a press conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22919566 Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) - The Defence Ministry will adjust the large LED screen at the future headquarters of the ministry, known as Kukurica [The Corn on the Cob — due to the building's shape] in Bratislava's Nove Mesto borough, with the screen either to be switched off at night or its brightness adjusted to match the surrounding light conditions, stated Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22919567 Vysoke Tatry/Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) – An avalanche in the High Tatra mountains claimed the lives of two people on Friday morning. https://etasr.sk/article/22919573 Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) - The opposition has criticised statements by senior coalition Smer-SD party representatives about electing the next prosecutor-general in advance, with opposition 'Slovakia' party MP Gabor Grendel describing this as yet more evidence of the coalition's unprecedented arrogance of power, TASR reported on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22919685 Bratislava, 6 February (TASR) – The Slovak Prosecutors Council agrees with the assessment of Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka regarding the state of corruption investigations in Slovakia and is seriously alarmed by claims made by Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and other politicians that the prosecution service has become involved in political struggle, council chair Stanislav Jakubcik told TASR on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/22919800 Bratislava/Modra, 6 February (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) met students in Modra (Bratislava region) on Friday, describing their discussion as one that focused on calm argumentation, facts and mutual respect, TASR reported on the basis of information published by Fico on a social network on Friday, where he also invited the students to continue the dialogue at the Government Office. https://etasr.sk/article/22919845 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