SUMMARY - Thursday, 5 March 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 5 March (TASR) - On 27 January, a Russian drone struck an oil tank at the Druzhba oil pipeline facility, targeting the largest oil reservoir in Europe, which has a capacity of up to 75,000 cubic metres of oil, the Ukrainian Embassy in Bratislava stated on Thursday in response to previous claims by the Slovak Intelligence Service (SIS) that the Druzhba pipeline hadn't been damaged, which, according to SIS, is proven by satellite images from the site of the incident. https://etasr.sk/article/23044856 Martin, 5 March (TASR) - The construction of the new St. Martin's University Hospital in Martin (Zilina region) has reached a significant milestone with the installation of the ceiling slab of the seventh above-ground floor. https://etasr.sk/article/23044560 Brussels, 5 March (TASR-correspondent) - Slovakia is holding negotiations in Brussels on the formation of a separate Interreg project with Ukraine, which would help develop the eastern part of the country, chairman of Presov self-governing region Milan Majersky told TASR during the ongoing meeting of the Committee of the Regions in Brussels on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23044738 Bratislava, 5 March (TASR) - Even after several years, the downplaying and denial of the severity of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences haven't ceased, pointed out a civil association called 'Real Victims' in anticipation of Friday's (6 March) Memorial Day for Victims of the Pandemic, which marks exactly six years since the first confirmed case of the disease in Slovakia, Lenka Strakova of the association told TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23044472 Bratislava, 5 March (TASR) - In the case of the tender for the construction of the Turany-Hubova D1-motorway section, the Administrative Court could decide on an injunction to suspend the effect of the Public Procurement Office's (UVO) decision, which ordered the tender to be scrapped last December, in the second half of April, Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) posted on social media on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23044774 Bratislava, 5 March (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party has called for a special session of the parliamentary European affairs committee, at which it wants to discuss investigations into cases that the European Public Prosecutor's Office has pointed to, committee vice-chair Beata Jurik (PS) told a news conference on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23044356 Bratislava, 5 March (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) visited the town of Malacky (Bratislava region) on Thursday for another in a series of discussions with students, TASR has been told by the Government Office's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/23044631 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