SUMMARY - Friday, 27 February 2026 - 9 p.m.

Galanta, 27 February (TASR) - Samsung Electronics Slovakia has officially confirmed that it has decided to close its television manufacturing plant in Galanta (Trnava region), TASR was told by Jaroslav Zilka from Samsung Electronics Slovakia on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23022696 Bratislava, 27 February (TASR) - The government bears political responsibility for the possible closure of the television manufacturing plant in Galanta, representatives of the opposition declared on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23023016 Bratislava, 27 February (TASR) - Samsung will end manufacturing operations at its plant in Slovakia due to high energy prices in Europe, the Economy Ministry declared on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23023345 Trnava, 27 February (TASR) - Following reports that Samsung is planning to close its television manufacturing plant in Galanta (Trnava region), the priority for the authorities must be to ensure job stability and the future of the region, stated Trnava self-governing region chair Jozef Viskupic on Friday, https://etasr.sk/article/23023211 Bratislava, 27 February (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) announced in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday that he and Hungarian premier Viktor Orban are proposing to set up an inspection group to examine the condition of the Druzhba oil pipeline, TASR has learnt from Fico's post on social media on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23023087 Budapest/Bratislava, 27 February (TASR-correspondent) – House chair Richard Rasi attended talks in Budapest on Friday on the state of European Union enlargement in Southeast Europe and the Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans, TASR's special correspondent reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23023376 Budapest/Bratislava, 27 February (TASR-correspondent) - House chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) met in Budapest on Friday with the parliamentary spokesperson for ethnic Slovaks living in Hungary, Anton Paulik, and the chair of the National Slovak Self-Government in Hungary, Alzbeta Hollerova Rackova, TASR learnt from its correspondent on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23023110 Bratislava, 27 February (TASR) - Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka doesn't have any information at his disposal that would confirm any election manipulation. https://etasr.sk/article/23023017 Bratislava, 27 February (TASR) - There is currently no agreement within the governing coalition on who should become the new governor of the Slovak central bank (NBS), Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) stated on Friday, adding that the coalition will address the issue once such an agreement has been reached. https://etasr.sk/article/23022941 Bratislava, 27 February (TASR) - The presidium of the KOVO trade union welcomes and supports the conclusion of a memorandum of cooperation between the government and aluminium smelter Slovalco aimed at creating conditions for resuming aluminium production at the plant in Ziar nad Hronom (Banska Bystrica region). https://etasr.sk/article/23023269 Bratislava, 27 February (TASR) - The opposition Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) considers the memorandum with aluminium producer Slovalco to be the first rational step taken by the government of Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to support industry, but it warns that this accommodating approach has come at the last minute and was forced through only by the threat of the definitive termination of production in Ziar nad Hronom (Banska Bystrica region), TASR learnt on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23022848 Bratislava, 27 February (TASR) - The opposition Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) plans to resubmit to the next session of Parliament a draft law aimed at restricting gambling advertising and, at the same time, propose raising the levy on gambling to a uniform rate of 37 percent, KDH MP Marian Caucik announced at a briefing on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23022658 Bratislava, 27 February (TASR) - Slovakia's public finance deficit is expected to reach 4.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) this year, representing €6.4 billion, which means that the negative deviation from the government's target stands at 0.4 percent of GDP or €565 million, posing a medium risk to meeting the approved budget, the Council for Budgetary Responsibility (RRZ) announced in its latest February report. https://etasr.sk/article/23023250 Gdansk/Poprad, 27 February (TASR-correspondent) - According to unofficial information, Wizz Air's flight connection between the city of Gdansk in northern Poland and Poprad in Presov region will be suspended during the summer months despite high occupancy rates and won't resume until September, Polish transport expert Jakub Loginow posted on social media on Friday, citing a source from Slovakia that was involved in negotiations on the introduction of the route, reports a TASR correspondent in Warsaw. https://etasr.sk/article/23023374 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. 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