SUMMARY - Tuesday, 31 March 2026 - 9 p.m.

Prague/Bratislava, 31 March (TASR-correspondent) – Czech President Petr Pavel welcomed the resumption of intergovernmental consultations between the Czech and Slovak cabinets, but pointed out that the memorandum signed by the prime ministers of Slovakia and the Czech Republic after Tuesday's meeting contains nothing new, TASR's special correspondent in Prague reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23140938 Bratislava, 31 March (TASR) - I've asked Slovak Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) to lift Slovakia's state of emergency concerning oil, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis announced at a joint press briefing following a meeting of the two countries' cabinets at Nova Horka Castle in the Czech Republic on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23140440 Studenka/Bratislava, 31 March (TASR) - Defence Minister Robert Kalinak highlighted cooperation between Slovakia and the Czech Republic in defence and security after a joint session of the two governments in the Czech village of Studenka on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23140485 Bratislava, 31 March (TASR) - The Perun supercomputer has been put in full operation, marking a significant milestone in the expansion of Slovakia's digital infrastructure that will enable universities, research institutions and companies to access state-of-the-art high-performance computing technology for research and innovation, TASR was told by spokesperson for the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) Jozef Bednar on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23140521 Bratislava, 31 March (TASR) – A protest march by the cultural community titled 'Great Cultural Mobilisation! Like Never Before' is taking place in Bratislava on Tuesday evening. https://etasr.sk/article/23140660 Bratislava, 31 March (TASR) - The Transport Ministry on Tuesday submitted information to the journal of the Public Procurement Office (UVO) regarding the launch of a tender to find a concessionaire that, as part of a PPP project, will repair 558 bridges on first-class roads and keep them in very good condition for 30 years. https://etasr.sk/article/23140766 Bratislava, 31 March (TASR) - According to a flash estimate of inflation measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), the overall price level remained unchanged in March, but this pushed the year-over-year inflation rate down to 3.7 percent, said analyst at Slovakia's central bank (NBS) Branislav Karmazin, on Tuesday, adding that compared to the expectations of the spring forecast, it was lower by roughly half a percentage point, mainly due to food prices. https://etasr.sk/article/23140841 Bratislava, 31 March (TASR) - A proposal by Smer-SD to change voting rules for parliamentary elections from abroad is unconstitutional, the opposition's Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) stated on Tuesday, citing its analyses. https://etasr.sk/article/23140635 Bratislava, 31 March (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party has criticised Health Minister Kamil Sasko's (Voice-SD) approach to hospital debt relief, citing a lack of solutions and claiming that while the minister did send a letter to the European Commission (EC) to outline the proposed measures, these were either insufficient or misleading, according to a press conference held by PS MP Oskar Dvorak on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23140511 Bratislava, 31 March (TASR) - The police are intensively investigating ATM blasts across Slovakia, with several solved cases serving as evidence of this effort, the Police Corps Presidium's communications department stated on Tuesday in response to claims by the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party that the police are failing to address the so-called 'ATM mafia'. https://etasr.sk/article/23140526 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