SUMMARY - Tuesday, 10 February 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 10 February (TASR) - Otto Simko, one of the last Holocaust eye-witnesses and a participant in the Slovak National Uprising (SNP) in 1944, died at the age of 101 on Monday night, the Central Union of Jewish Religious Communities has announced on a social network. https://etasr.sk/article/22938805 Bratislava, 10 February (TASR) - MPs from junior coalition parties Voice-SD and the Slovak National Party (SNS) didn't vote against the ouster of Investment and Informatisation Minister Samuel Migal (Independent), as they didn't register for the no-confidence vote that Migal survived because the opposition lacked the required majority, representatives of both parties stated after the vote held in Parliament earlier on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22938937 Bratislava, 10 February (TASR) - MPs should deal with the state of the prosecution of corruption in Slovakia at a special House session due to begin at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday (11 February), the Parliament Office's communications department has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22939440 Bratislava, 10 February (TASR) - The closure of the Povazsky cukor sugar factory in Trencianska Tepla (Trencin region) will increase Slovakia's trade deficit, with the country losing self-sufficiency in sugar, Slovak Agriculture and Food Chamber (SPPK) head Andrej Gajdos told a press conference on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22939576 Bratislava, 10 February (TASR) – Although people in Slovakia are working to the same level this year and their gross incomes are unchanged, their net incomes are significantly lower, and the reason is that instead of saving on itself, the government has increased the contributions and taxes that people are already seeing in their January pay slips, representatives of the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party stated at a press conference on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/22939592 Bratislava, 10 February (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) left for Montenegro on Tuesday afternoon, the Foreign Affairs Ministry's communications department has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/22939783 Bratislava, 10 February (TASR) - Representatives of the opposition Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) held a news conference on Tuesday to present a package of measures aimed at protecting children from the negative effects of digital technologies. https://etasr.sk/article/22939929 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