SUMMARY - Monday, 30 March 2026 - 5 p.m.

Trencin, 30 March (TASR) - Slovakia is a leader within NATO in the field of explosive ordnance disposal, as well as in training specialists from other NATO-member states to combat improvised explosive devices, stated President Peter Pellegrini during a visit to the NATO Centre of Excellence for Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD CoE) in Trencin on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23137048 Trencin, 30 March (TASR) - I expect that by the end of this year, or the beginning of next year at the latest, Slovakia will take control of its own airspace protection, President Peter Pellegrini stated during a visit to the state-owned Aircraft Repair Company Trencin on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23137175 Bratislava, 30 March (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini wants to wait for a concrete proposal and justification regarding the coalition's plan to modify voting from abroad, as he considers it important to preserve voting from abroad in parliamentary elections, TASR learnt on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23137119 Bratislava, 30 March (TASR) - The National Highway Company (NDS) has launched public tenders for two new stretches of the R2 expressway in southern central Slovakia totalling 14.6 kilometres in length, Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) stated on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23137109 Dolny Kubin, 30 March (TASR) - The proposal to extend the terms of office for local authorities from four to five years originated from the grassroots level and was put forward by the representatives of towns, municipalities and self-governing regions themselves, Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) told a press briefing in the town of Dolny Kubin (Zilina region) on Monday, adding that if the constitutional amendment is approved, the extension of electoral terms will take effect as early as this year's combined municipal and regional elections. https://etasr.sk/article/23136993 Topolcany/Bratislava, 30 March (TASR) - Agriculture and Regional Development Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) has raised the issue of food origin labelling, in particular for poultry, calling for legislative changes to make such information clearer and more visible on packaging. https://etasr.sk/article/23137233 Bratislava, 30 March (TASR) - The 'For Open Justice' (ZOJ) judicial initiative has expressed its concern regarding the Judicial Council's current procedure for protecting judges against verbal attacks, ZOJ spokesman Filip Demo has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/23137065 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