SUMMARY - Thursday, 19 February 2026 - 5 p.m.

New Delhi/Bratislava, 19 February (TASR-correspondent) - Slovakia should join the group of countries seeking to ban social media for children under 15, President Peter Pellegrini told the media on Thursday in New Delhi, where a summit on artificial intelligence is being held. https://etasr.sk/article/22989605 New Delhi, 19 February (TASR-correspondent) - The first state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) data centre, with energy consumption of one megawatt, should be built in Bratislava soon, President Peter Pellegrini told the media on Thursday in New Delhi, India, where he is participating in the AI Impact Summit. https://etasr.sk/article/22989143 New Delhi/Bratislava, 19 February (TASR) - Tatravagonka will build a new factory in India to manufacture railway bogies and wagon wheels for the Indian market and for other countries to which India exports its products, President Peter Pellegrini told the media during his visit to New Delhi on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22988938 Hencovce, 19 February (TASR) - Pollution has been detected in the Ondava River after a black liquor leak at an industrial facility in the village of Hencovce in Presov region, the Slovak Environment Inspectorate (SIZP) told TASR on Thursday, adding that measures have been imposed on the polluter to remedy an extraordinary deterioration in water quality and to eliminate the harmful consequences. https://etasr.sk/article/22989981 Bratislava, 19 February (TASR) - Opposition party Progressive Slovakia (PS) has criticised a tender worth nearly €33 million for consultancy and auditing services announced by the Interior Ministry, arguing that instead of saving money and reducing staff numbers during fiscal consolidation, the ministry is hiring external consultants who are twice as expensive as internal employees. https://etasr.sk/article/22990124 Bratislava, 19 February (TASR) - House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) and representatives of the Slovak Towns Union (UMS) have discussed issues of pedestrian safety, speed measurement and the procedure for debating an amendment to the Road Traffic Act in Parliament, which UMS fully supports, TASR reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22989799 Bratislava, February 19 (TASR) – The webumenia.sk platform, which presents an online catalogue of works of art, has faced hacker attacks in recent days, the Slovak National Gallery (SNG) reported on Thursday, adding that appropriate security measures were taken after suspicious activities were detected. https://etasr.sk/article/22989695 Bratislava, 19 February (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party has called on the Environment Ministry to take into account experiences from Hungary when conducting the environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the planned electric car battery plant in Surany (Nitra region). https://etasr.sk/article/22989473 Bratislava, 19 February (TASR) – The Slovak Hospitals Association (ANS) is disappointed with the Health Ministry's programme decree for 2026, as the distribution of funds could pose a risk in terms of the availability of health care in regional hospitals, with problems potentially emerging as early as March, TASR learnt from ANS on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22989197 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