SUMMARY - Wednesday, 1 April 2026 - 9.45 p.m.

Bratislava, 1 April (TASR) - A total of 22,100 investors bought government bonds intended for ordinary people this year, 900 more than last year, although the average amount invested fell to €17,800 from last year's €23,600, Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) told a news conference on Wednesday, describing these trends as positive. https://etasr.sk/article/23144287 Bratislava, 1 April (TASR) - There's no agreement within the coalition on extending the electoral term of parliament, Voice-SD caucus head Robert Puci has told TASR in response to the coalition Slovak National Party's (SNS) proposal that aims to extend the terms in office of parliament and local governments to five years. https://etasr.sk/article/23144346 Bratislava, 1 April (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party has criticised proposed changes to the rules for voting from abroad in parliamentary elections, calling the coalition's proposal to abolish postal voting purpose-built and aimed at damaging the opposition, PS leader Michal Simecka told a press conference on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23144356 Jaslovske Bohunice, 1 April (TASR) - The Slovak Nuclear Energy Company (JESS) should pass fully into state hands as early as in the first half of this year, as an acquisition of the remaining 49-percent stake, currently held by Czech company CEZ, is being prepared, Peter Gerhart, chairman of the board of directors of the Nuclear and Decommissioning Company (JAVYS), which currently controls 51 percent of JESS, told a news conference held on Wednesday with President Peter Pellegrini in attendance. https://etasr.sk/article/23144395 Bratislava, 1 April (TASR) - The approval of Slovakia's sixth and seventh payment requests, worth some €1.4 billion in total, will be on the EU comitology committee's agenda on 17 April, the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister for the Recovery Plan and a Knowledge-based Economy announced on Wednesday, citing information from the European Commission (EC). https://etasr.sk/article/23144488 Bratislava, 1 April (TASR) - The Slovak Armed Forces were informed by allies about the movement of a drone on Ukrainian territory near Slovakia's border, with the Ukrainian town of Perechyn reporting a drone attack, Slovak Armed Forces spokesperson Stefan Zemanovic told TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23144610 Bratislava, 1 April (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party on Wednesday presented three packages of measures aimed at halting the country's rising debt and kick-starting economic growth, promising reduced taxes, strengthened pension pillars and the appreciation of savings through the capital market. https://etasr.sk/article/23144684 Bratislava, 1 April (TASR) - The threat of a foreign missile or drone straying into our territory in the future, even if originally aimed at other targets, must not be underestimated, President Peter Pellegrini stated in a video posted on social media on Wednesday, adding that he has initiated a debate on introducing a so-called 'state of alert' into national legislation at the request of the Slovak Armed Forces. https://etasr.sk/article/23144821 Bratislava, 1 April (TASR) - Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) is keen to know who wiretapped Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto, according to a video posted by Sutaj Estok on social media on Wednesday, in which he objected to the fact that the phone call had been made public. https://etasr.sk/article/23144946 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