SUMMARY - Sunday, 17 March 2026 - 1.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 17 March (TASR) - The 'Cooperating Defendant' case will be reassigned from the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Trnava to the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Banska Bystrica, Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka decided on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23088890 Bratislava, 17 March (TASR) - Around 70 passengers were on a regional bus that collided with a car on Tuesday morning on the Bratislava section of the D2 motorway, with no injuries reported. https://etasr.sk/article/23088918 Bratislava, 17 March (TASR) - The value of new orders in industry reached €5.24 billion in January 2026, representing a year-on-year decrease of 2.3 percent, which means the decline thus continued for the fourth consecutive month, the Statistics Office reported on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23088932 Bratislava, 17 March (TASR) - MP Frantisek Majersky has become a member of the opposition's Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), it follows from a press release sent to TASR by KDH's press department on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23088963 Lucenec/Bratislava, 17 March (TASR) – The police have charged Lucenec mayor Alexandra P. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] with the misdemeanour of misusing the powers of a public official in concurrence with the misdemeanour of a breach of obligations in the administration of entrusted property, regional police spokesperson Petra Kovacikova confirmed for TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23089091 Bratislava, 17 March (TASR) - Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) believes that health-care providers and health-insurers will reach an agreement on funding for this year, TASR reported on Tuesday after the minister was asked by a journalist whether the Slovak Hospitals Association (ANS) could trigger a crisis plan if no deal is made with insurers. https://etasr.sk/article/23089125 Bratislava, 17 March (TASR) – Justice Minister Boris Susko (Smer-SD) views Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka's decision to replace the supervising prosecutor in the Cooperating Defendant case and to remove the case from the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Trnava as a response to the prosecutor's previous conduct. https://etasr.sk/article/23089221 Mirkovce, 17 March (TASR) - One child has been killed and two others injured, with their condition now critical, in a fire in a settlement near the village of Mirkovce (Presov region), Lubomir Todor, director of the District Directorate of the Firefighters and Emergency Service in Presov, reported on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23089223 Bratislava, 17 March (TASR) - The opposition 'Slovakia' party is polling the public on the possibility of electronic voting in Slovakia based on the Estonian model, party leader Igor Matovic told a press conference on Tuesday, presenting the eighth question on the prevrat2027.sk website, on which the party surveys people's opinions. https://etasr.sk/article/23089278 Bratislava, 17 March (TASR) - Fuel prices in Slovakia should be roughly at the same level as those in the other Visegrad Four (V4) countries [the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland] in the coming weeks and significantly cheaper than in Austria, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) after the government's meeting with representatives of the Slovnaft refinery on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23089294 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