SUMMARY - Thursday, 12 February 2026 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) stated on a video posted on a social network on Thursday that he respects the Constitutional Court's decision to suspend the effect of an amendment to the Criminal Procedure Code concerning the inadmissibility of evidence from cooperating defendants, adding that he'll wait for the ruling on the matter at hand. https://etasr.sk/article/22949516 Brussels, 12 February (TASR-correspondent) - The EU's economy is in a terrible and downright catastrophic state due to nonsensical climate and ideological targets, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on Thursday when departing for an informal EU summit on competitiveness held at Alden Biesen Castle in Belgium, TASR has learnt from its Brussels correspondent. https://etasr.sk/article/22949936 Bratislava/Brussels/Amsterdam, 12 February (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on his way to an informal EU summit on competitiveness in Brussels on Thursday said that the Netherlands has a dangerous tendency to interfere in the internal sovereign affairs of other countries. https://etasr.sk/article/22949755 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - If a general election had been held in February, Progressive Slovakia (PS) would have won with 19.3 percent of the vote, followed by the Smer-SD party, supported by 17.7 percent of voters, according to a Focus agency poll conducted for the 360tka news website. https://etasr.sk/article/22949036 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - The number one candidate for the Slovak National Party (SNS) concerning the post of constitutional judge is Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD), SNS chairman Andrej Danko stated in an interview with Hospodarske Noviny daily on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22950002 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - At a press conference on Thursday, opposition MP Frantisek Majersky (KDH) has criticised Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) for his reform of the emergency medical service, expressing his belief that he's putting the service at risk. https://etasr.sk/article/22949878 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - After two months of decline, revenues in industry, the key sector of the economy, saw a slight increase by 0.7 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) in real terms in December 2025 (in fixed prices, adjusted for inflation), the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22949258 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - Average nominal monthly salaries posted year-on-year (y-o-y) growth in all ten sectors monitored in December 2025, the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22949204 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - Employment rose in only four of the ten monitored sectors of Slovakia's economy in December 2025, with the most rapid year-on-year (y-o-y) growth of 3.2 percent being reported both in accommodation and in pubs and restaurants, the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22949512 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