SUMMARY - Thursday, 19 February 2026 - 9 p.m.

New Delhi, 19 February (TASR-correspondent) - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini met his Indian counterpart Droupadi Murmu in New Delhi on Thursday, TASR has learnt from Pellegrini's post on a social network. https://etasr.sk/article/22990692 Hencovce, 19 February (TASR) - An emergency has been declared in response to the leak of black liquor at the Bukoza plant in the village of Hencovce in Vranov nad Toplou district (Presov region), TASR was told by the Interior Ministry's strategic communications department on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22990389 Bratislava, 19 February (TASR) - The Interior Ministry defends a contract for the provision of consultancy and auditing services, considering them to be necessary for the systematic modernisation and effective management of the ministry, spokesman for the ministry Matej Neumann stated in response to the criticism levied by the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) parties. https://etasr.sk/article/22991780 Bratislava, 19 February (TASR) - The Environment Ministry has responded to a call by the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party by emphasising that its role in relation to the planned electric car battery plant in Surany (Nitra region) is to assess the anticipated environmental impact as part of the EIA process, while pointing to the extent of its powers regarding the project. https://etasr.sk/article/22990784 Budapest, 19 February (TASR) - Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) met his Hungarian counterpart Sandor Pinter in Budapest on Thursday to discuss, in particular, deepening police cooperation in the fight against illegal migration and promoting the overlapping security interests of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia), the Interior Ministry's strategic communications department told TASR, adding that other topics included the protection of schools and cyber security. https://etasr.sk/article/22990867 Bratislava, 19 February (TASR) - The Slovak government prefers a diplomatic solution to a military one also in the case of Iran, the Foreign and European Affairs Ministry's communications department stated on Thursday in response to the situation in Iran. https://etasr.sk/article/22991488 Bratislava, 19 February (TASR) - A potential bottleneck on the Adria oil pipeline, which is expected to supply Hungary and Slovakia due to the non-functioning Druzhba pipeline, may turn out to be the tanker discharge capacity at the Croatian terminal of Omisalj, which is limited to 5.6 million tonnes of oil per year, opposition MP Karol Galek (SaS) warned at a press briefing on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/22990456 Bratislava, 19 February (TASR) - Road safety is a shared priority of the state and local authorities in terms of protecting people's health and lives, the Parliament Office's communications department told TASR on Thursday, adding that unanimity on the need to adopt an amendment to the Road Traffic Act prevailed at a meeting between Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) and representatives of key local government associations. https://etasr.sk/article/22991111 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