SUMMARY - Monday, 16 February 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 16 February (TASR) – The government is boasting about the work of others, since the biggest leap in the absorption of EU funds was made between 2020 and 2023 [during the governments of Igor Matovic, Eduard Heger and Ludovit Odor—ed.note], but the current government is failing badly in the new EU funding period, MP Veronika Remisova ('Slovakia'-For the People) stated on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22974546 Bratislava, 16 February (TASR) – Relations between Slovakia and Georgia are very good, with no open issues between the two countries, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar said at a joint press conference on Monday after talks in Bratislava with his Georgian counterpart Maka Bochorishvili. https://etasr.sk/article/22974439 Bratislava, 16 February (TASR) – Supplies of fuel for the population and the economy are not under threat in any way and Slovakia's oil security is ensured, the Material Reserves State Administration (SSHR) reported following an emergency special meeting with representatives of Oil Security Committee (NESO) on Monday over the temporary suspension of oil deliveries via the Druzhba pipeline to Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/22974383 Bratislava, 16 February (TASR) - The Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) challenges the claim by Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) of an almost 99-percent drawing of project support under the Rural Development Programme for 2016-25, KDH vice-chair Marian Caucik stated at a press conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22974343 Bratislava, 16 February (TASR) - The institute of the so-called cooperating defendants helps dismantle, prosecute and try organisers of criminal structures worldwide, with cooperating defendants being the individuals who help eliminate violent or economic crime, which sometimes reaches the highest political spheres, opposition MP and former police chief Jaroslav Spisiak (Progressive Slovakia) said at a press conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/22973898 Bratislava, 16 February (TASR) - The Interior Ministry has held talks with the European Commission (EC), with amendments to the Penal Code, investigations into corruption and changes concerning the Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO) being high on the agenda, the ministry's communication department has informed TASR, adding that Slovakia was represented at the talks by ministry State Secretary Lucia Kurilovska. https://etasr.sk/article/22973856 Bratislava, 16 February (TASR) - The public will once again be able to purchase government bonds intended for ordinary people in two week's time, as of Monday, 2 March, the Finance Ministry has announced on a social network. https://etasr.sk/article/22973754 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. mf