SUMMARY - Tuesday, 10 March 2026 - 10 p.m.

Banska Bystrica, 10 March (TASR) - The Voice-SD party wants to introduce a proposal within the current electoral term that would exempt working mothers from paying income tax, with the measure initially expected to apply to women with four or more children and later extended to others, party chair and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok announced after a meeting with representatives of the Union of Women of Slovakia in Banska Bystrica on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23064621 Bratislava, 10 March (TASR) - Slovakia is concluding this week the process of repatriating Slovak citizens who were stranded in the Middle East and the Persian Gulf region, as the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs currently records only the last dozens of Slovaks in the area who have expressed interest in evacuation, TASR was told by the ministry's press department on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23064601 Pezinok/Bratislava, 10 March (TASR) - The Specialised Criminal Court in Pezinok on Tuesday found Daniel B. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons-ed.note] guilty of all charges related to several extremist criminal offences, TASR learnt on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23064586 Bratislava, 10 March (TASR) – Slovakia ranks among the world leaders in nuclear energy, as it produces more than 60 percent of its electricity from nuclear power, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said at a nuclear energy summit in Paris, TASR learnt from the Government's Office press department on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23064501 Lipany/Bratislava, 10 March (TASR) - After a fire was extinguished near a Roma settlement on Za tratou Street in Lipany (Presov region), a vehicle of the Firefighter and Emergency Service (HaZZ) was damaged and firefighters were attacked, TASR was informed by the duty officer of the Presov Regional Directorate of the Firefighter and Emergency Service on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23064376 Bratislava, 10 March (TASR) - The current security situation in the Middle East has no impact on the meeting of operational tasks by Slovak soldiers deployed in international missions in the region, even though all contingency plans have been activated in case the situation deteriorates, including evacuation plans, chief of the General Staff of the Slovak Armed Forces Daniel Zmeko said at a press conference at the Defence Ministry on Tuesday in response to a journalist's question. https://etasr.sk/article/23064293 Bratislava, 10 March (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini supports the government in its efforts to secure stable oil supplies to Slovakia via the Druzhba oil pipeline, as he believes that the priority is to restore oil deliveries at stable prices in order to prevent a significant rise in fuel prices. https://etasr.sk/article/23064117 Bratislava, 10 March (TASR) – The opposition criticised plans to legislatively introduce the concept of a 'state of threat', with the parties Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), the 'Slovakia' party and the extra-parliamentary Democrats considering it dangerous that the government could decide to declare such a state and deploy the Armed Forces in Slovakia if the country were threatened by anything. https://etasr.sk/article/23064065 Dobrohost, 10 March (TASR) - An extraordinary artificial flood on the left side-channel system of the Danube River will benefit the environment, as last year was among the driest since the Gabcikovo hydropower plant was put in operation, Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National/SNS nominee) told a press conference on Tuesday, with Peter Molda, director of state-run water management construction company Vodohospodarska Vystavba (VV), also attending. https://etasr.sk/article/23063994 Bratislava, 10 March (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party has proposed that excise duty on motor fuels should be temporarily reduced to the minimum level set by EU regulations, SaS MPs Marian Viskupic and Karol Galek told a briefing on Tuesday, adding that they've urged the government to take ownership of the bill submitted to Parliament and request a fast-track legislative procedure for debating it. https://etasr.sk/article/23063979 Bratislava/Paris, 10 March (TASR) - The government shares the same view as European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen on oil transit through the Druzhba oil pipeline — if the pipeline is damaged, it must be repaired and oil deliveries restored, said Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) on social media after meeting the EC chief during a nuclear energy summit in Paris on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23063881 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. mf