SUMMARY - Wednesday, 4 March 2026 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - At its regular session on Wednesday, the government should discuss a draft amendment to the government directive on direct farm payments. https://etasr.sk/article/23039825 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) wrote on a social network late Tuesday (3 March) that a further repatriation flight is scheduled to depart from Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday, while additional flights are planned from Muscat, Oman, and again from Jordan for Thursday (5 March), TASR reported on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23039864 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - An ATM was blown up in the village of Gajary in the Malacky district (Bratislava region) on Wednesday morning, Bratislava region police spokeswoman Silvia Simkova confirmed for TASR, adding that police patrols are currently performing the necessary procedures at the scene. https://etasr.sk/article/23039955 Rome, 4 March (TASR) – During bilateral talks held in Rome on Tuesday (3 March), Slovak Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) and his Italian counterpart Antonio Tajani concurred on the need to further develop strategic relations between the two countries based on strong economic cooperation, intensive political dialogue and a joint approach to current global challenges, the Foreign Affairs Ministry's communications department has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/23040080 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - The coalition Voice-SD party supports a measure via which Slovaks abroad would vote directly on election day at embassies or at other state institutions rather than by post, said party leader Matus Sutaj Estok on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040131 Komarno/Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) – The collapse of part of the roof at the Client Centre building in Komarno (Nitra region) last week has claimed a second victim, as a 64-year-old man who had been taken to hospital in a critical condition after the incident died at the Faculty Hospital in Nove Zamky on Tuesday (3 March) night, hospital spokesperson Lucia Hamran Kollarova confirmed for TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040140 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - The Slovak Post Office announced on Wednesday that it's not accepting shipments to countries served by Qatar Airways via its transit hub in Doha on a temporary basis due to the current security situation in the Middle East. https://etasr.sk/article/23040164 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - The governing coalition has agreed to scrap the law transforming the Whistleblowers Protection Office (UOO) into a new office whose implementation has been suspended by the Constitutional Court, said Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following the government session on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040207 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD), Justice Minister Boris Susko and Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (both Smer-SD) have denied that the Internal Affairs Inspectorate's (UIS) 'Operation Cooperating Defendant', during which several police officers and civilians were detained and charged on Tuesday (3 March), had any link to the statements made by government officials over the past weekend. https://etasr.sk/article/23040232 Bratislava, 4 March (TASR) - Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) is to take action concerning the Slovak Electricity Transmission System (SEPS), according to a government resolution adopted on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23040284 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. jrg