SUMMARY - Monday, 9 February 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 9 February (TASR) - Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka on Monday submitted his opinion to the Constitutional Court, proposing that the law on the transformation of the Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO) should be declared unconstitutional, TASR reported on the basis of information published by Zilinka on a social network on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22934481 Bratislava, 9 February (TASR) – President Peter Pellegrini's foreign agenda for 2026 is based on three main areas, including Europe and the region, security and defence, and modern technological diplomacy, the President's Office has told TASR, emphasising that the head of state's trips will build on the priorities that characterised his foreign visits last year. https://etasr.sk/article/22934496 Bratislava, 9 February (TASR) - The total area of 20,000 hectares of land used for growing sugar beat in Slovakia will fall by some 8,000 hectares after the Povazsky cukor sugar factory in Trencianska Tepla (Trencin region) announced last week that it's closing down, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) told a briefing on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22934251 Kosice/Bratislava, 9 February (TASR) – Peter Bathory has become a new member of the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party and will focus on transport, regional development and infrastructure in eastern Slovakia, party leader Branislav Groehling announced at a press conference in Kosice on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22934354 Bratislava, 9 February (TASR) - The opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) are requesting extraordinary sessions of the House defence and security committee and the House finance and budget committee to discuss the state of tax fraud investigations, stressing that changes to the Penal Code have had devastating effects, TASR reported on Monday based on information received from KDH's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/22934630 Bratislava, 9 February (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) hasn't yet provided any information about what he intends to promote at the upcoming informal summit in Brussels on the EU's competitiveness, nor what Slovakia's plan for the summit is, the opposition Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) warned on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22933807 Bratislava, 9 February (TASR) - A two-year pilot project fully financed from EU funds was launched at the beginning of February to assist single parents and sole providers, with 230 people applying for aid in the first week, Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD) told a press conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22933897 Bratislava, 9 February (TASR) - Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) is set to visit Montenegro on Tuesday and Wednesday (10-11 February), the ministry's communications department told TASR on Monday, adding that he'll hold talks with the country's top officials. https://etasr.sk/article/22934619 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