SUMMARY - Saturday, 28 March 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 28 March (TASR) - Speaking on STVR's politics programme 'Sobotne dialogy' (Saturday Dialogues), President Peter Pellegrini said that the Slovak Constitution should include the possibility of shortening Parliament's electoral term via a referendum. https://etasr.sk/article/23131027 Trnava, 28 March (TASR) - Michal Simecka, the leader of the strongest opposition party Progressive Slovakia (PS) since May 2022, has been re-elected as PS chair for another two-year term at the party's congress held in Trnava on Saturday, receiving support from 191 out of 202 voting delegates while running for the post unopposed. https://etasr.sk/article/23131127 Bratislava, 28 March (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini can call a referendum with a clear conscience, but he must truly want to do so, stated the extra-parliamentary Democrats party in response to Pellegrini's claims during STVR's politics programme 'Sobotne dialogy' (Saturday Dialogues) where he said that he was still reviewing a petition from the Democrats calling for a referendum on shortening the current government's electoral term. https://etasr.sk/article/23131316 Trnava, 28 March (TASR) - By re-electing Michal Simecka as chairman, the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) has chosen the weakest opponent for Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD), opposition 'Slovakia' party leader and former prime minister [2020-21] Igor Matovic told a press conference on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/23131497 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