SUMMARY - Friday, 27 March 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava/Bucharest, 27 March (TASR) - Slovakia could be interested in Romania's natural gas, as well as in transporting it via existing infrastructure on a commercial basis, said Slovak Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) following talks with his Romanian counterpart Ilie Bolojan in Bucharest on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23126116 Bratislava, 27 March (TASR) - No candidates have applied for the post of Constitutional Court judge, chairman of the House constitutional committee Miroslav Cellar (Voice-SD) told TASR on Friday. Bratislava, 27 March (TASR) - If a general election had been held in March, it would have been won by the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party on 20.1 percent of the votes, followed by the senior governing Smer-SD (17.1 percent) and the junior coalition Voice-SD party (8.7 percent), according to a recent poll carried out by AKO agency on behalf of Joj 24 television channel. https://etasr.sk/article/23126395 Bratislava, 27 March (TASR) - Since 2025, a significant increase in Slovakia's investment in military equipment has been observed, as spending rose from previous levels by between 0.1 percent and 0.3 percent of GDP to an estimated 0.7 percent of GDP last year and might reach up to 1.1 percent in the coming years, according to the Council for Budgetary Responsibility (RRZ). https://etasr.sk/article/23126321 Bratislava, 27 March (TASR) - Systematic support for high-quality, modern technical and science education, research and innovation is essential if Slovakia aspires to be a modern, technology- and innovation-oriented country, attendees were told at the STU Learning & Teaching (L&T) Forum organised at the Faculty of Civil Engineering by the Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislavaon on Thursday (26 March). https://etasr.sk/article/23126240 Bratislava, 27 March (TASR) – An arbitration commission of the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party on Friday expelled former MP Martin Pekar from the party after reviewing submissions filed against him, the party's press department told TASR on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23126016 Bratislava, 27 March (TASR) - The 'Slovakia' party is calling on Progressive Slovakia (PS) to rule out any future cooperation with Voice-SD, plus Smer-SD or the extra-parliamentary Republic party at the PS congress on Saturday (28 March), said 'Slovakia' leader Igor Matovic in front of PS's headquarters on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23126013 Bratislava, 27 March (TASR) - Tradesmen and other self-employed individuals with an annual income not exceeding 10.5-times the subsistence minimum won't have to pay any levies to social insurance funds, not even the micro-levy, which is set to come into force as of 1 July this year. https://etasr.sk/article/23125891 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