SUMMARY - Friday, 20 March 2026 - 5 p.m.

Brussels, 20 March (TASR-correspondent) - Given that a combination of circumstances could lead to an oil crisis in Europe, the European Union (EU) should support Slovakia's and Hungary's efforts to have oil supplies resumed via the Druzhba pipeline in Ukraine, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) has stated, assessing the results of Thursday's (19 March) EU summit. https://etasr.sk/article/23101198 Bratislava, 20 March (TASR) - All three defendants in the case involving the Bonaparte apartment complex, including Ladislav B. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons], were acquitted by Bratislava I Municipal Court on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23101114 Bratislava, 20 March (TASR) - I don't feel bound by the coalition agreement or the government manifesto following my expulsion from the Voice-SD party, Independent MP Jan Ferencak stated on Radio Express's Brano Zavodsky Live show on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23101303 Bratislava, 20 March (TASR) - Slovakia has so far sold, via commercial banks, government bonds for the public totalling €413 million, the Finance Ministry reported on Friday, adding that the Investor II bond has now been sold out. https://etasr.sk/article/23101069 Bratislava, 20 March (TASR) - The coalition Voice-SD party has raised several objections to the current wording of an amendment to the Media Services Act drafted by its junior coalition partner, the Slovak National Party (SNS), MP Lubica Lassakova (Voice-SD) has told TASR, adding that the party has a problem with supporting the draft in its current form. https://etasr.sk/article/23100960 Bratislava, 20 March (TASR) - Junior coalition Slovak National Party (SNS) leader and House Vice-chair Andrej Danko has said that he views it as important to set up a National Media Authority. https://etasr.sk/article/23101004 Brussels, 20 March (TASR-correspondent) - No monitoring commission has visited the oil pipeline facility in the Ukrainian city of Brody in Lviv region; the Ukrainians haven't allowed anyone access to the site, so no one knows what the state the oil pipeline is in, said Slovak Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following the European Council summit in Brussels on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23100844 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