SUMMARY - Thursday, 26 March 2026 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava/Bucharest, 26 March (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) will pay an official visit to Romania on Friday (27 March), accompanied by Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) and Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee), according to a press release published on Wednesday (25 March) by the Democratic Union of Slovaks in Romania (UDSR). https://etasr.sk/article/23120583 Bratislava, 26 March (TASR) - The anti-corruption unit of the Police Corps' Office for Combating Organised Crime (UBOK) is carrying out an operation codenamed 'Database' related to the crime of damaging the financial interests of the European Union (EU) on Thursday, Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Lea Vilhanova has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/23120738 Bratislava, 26 March (TASR) - Slovakia will do its utmost to ensure that Moldova can make official progress in its accession talks with the European Union (EU), said President Peter Pellegrini in a joint statement during Moldovan President Maia Sandu's official visit to Slovakia on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23120801 Bratislava, 26 March (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) is being investigated by the police for treason and other criminal offences, opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party leader Branislav Groehling has reported on social media. https://etasr.sk/article/23120839 Bratislava, 26 March (TASR) – The police have been carrying out an operation in the town of Spisska Nova Ves (Kosice region) since the early morning hours under the code name 'Slave', detaining two suspects, Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Roman Hajek told TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23120852 Bratislava, 26 March (TASR) – The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party is collecting signatures to submit a motion to dismiss Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) from office and wants the proposal to be voted on at the next session of Parliament, party representatives announced at a press conference on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23120950 Teplicka nad Vahom, 26 March (TASR) - Kia Slovakia officially launched the production of the EV2 electric vehicle at its manufacturing plant in Teplicka nad Vahom (Zilina region) on Thursday, company spokesman Tomas Potocek announced on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23120956 Bratislava, 26 March (TASR) - The special price of diesel that applies to foreign drivers will be increased to €2.012 per litre as of midnight on Friday (27 March), according to a decree published by the Finance Ministry on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23121014 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. ko