SUMMARY - Thursday, 12 February 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - Justice Minister Boris Susko (Smer-SD) stands by the changes in the state's criminal policy introduced in 2024. https://etasr.sk/article/22951214 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/22951012 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - Unless EU leaders send out a clear political signal from Thursday's informal summit in Belgium that the European Union will take action with regard to high electricity prices, the summit will be absolutely unsuccessful, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on a social network before the second part of the summit. https://etasr.sk/article/22950473 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - The 'Renovate Your Home' programme is a successful project that has distributed more than €350 million to date, and in the future it should continue with approximately €150 million, which should come from the European Modernisation Fund, Vice-premier and Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) stated at the regular question time in Parliament on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22951520 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - The House committee for defence and security didn't discuss the investigation of economic crime and tax fraud on Thursday, as a special emergency session of the committee, initiated by the opposition, failed to reach a quorum due to insufficient attendance by MPs. https://etasr.sk/article/22951587 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - The situation in the Police Corps continues to deteriorate, and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) is only concerned with himself and isn't coming up with any solutions, representatives of the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party told a press conference on Thursday, with ex-police president Stefan Hamran, who cooperates with SaS, pointing out that Sutaj Estok promised to "put his head on the chopping block" if he failed to increase police salaries. https://etasr.sk/article/22950888 Kosice, 12 February (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party doesn't plan to offer its own candidate for the posts of Kosice mayor or Kosice regional governor in the elections due to be held this autumn, SaS leader Branislav Groehling has told TASR, adding that his party is holding negotiations with other opposition parties within the framework of local politics on supporting joint candidates. https://etasr.sk/article/22950764 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - A new political party called 'Together Professionally Humanely' (Spolocne Odborne Ludsky - S.O.L.), is being formed in Slovakia, Jana Savelova of the party's preparatory committee has told TASR, adding that a group of mayors, experts and small and medium-sized entrepreneurs is responding to the current political and economic situation in this way. https://etasr.sk/article/22950243 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - The Criminal Office of Financial Administration (KUFS) ended 2025 with record results, uncovering nine illegal cigarette production facilities and seizing illegal goods and evidence worth almost €62 million, up by more than 400 percent year-on-year, KUFS stated on Thursday, adding that the total damage uncovered in criminal proceedings in the area of taxes and customs exceeded €771 million. https://etasr.sk/article/22950479 Bratislava, 12 February (TASR) - In 2025, Leo Express transported nearly 2.9 million passengers on the Bratislava-Komarno (Nitra region) line, a year-on-year increase of 27.4 percent, said Leo Express spokesman Emil Sedlarik on Thursday, adding that the company has been operating trains between Bratislava and Komarno in the public interest on behalf of the state since the end of 2023. https://etasr.sk/article/22951300 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