SUMMARY - Tuesday, 14 April 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 14 April (TASR) - An opposition protest against proposed changes in voting from abroad in parliamentary elections is taking place on Tuesday evening in front of the Parliament building. https://etasr.sk/article/23183425 Bratislava, 14 April (TASR) - Parliament has approved on Tuesday the agreement on police cooperation between Slovakia and the Czech Republic, ruling that this is an international treaty under the Slovak Constitution, which takes precedence over domestic laws. https://etasr.sk/article/23183398 Banovce nad Bebravou, 14 April (TASR) - Footwear producer Gabor based in the town of Banovce nad Bebravou (Trencin region) has no plans for mass layoffs, company's media advisor Adriana Bednarova stated on Tuesday, adding that the company management hasn't communicated such information to employees. https://etasr.sk/article/23183254 Bratislava, 14 April (TASR) - Environmental organisations on Tuesday submitted a petition with 18,722 signatures to the Environment Ministry opposing the planned construction of a waste incinerator on the Slovnaft refinery site in Bratislava, highlighting the project's risks, its unsuitable location, health hazards and the suppression of cleaner solutions in the circular economy, Ivana Nemethova from the Concerned Mothers initiative told a press briefing on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23183148 Zvolen, 14 April (TASR) - Towns and municipalities should be exempt from the Fiscal Responsibility Act because their share of the public debt is negligible, amounting to less than 2 percent, stated Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) chairman Jozef Bozik at a press conference on Tuesday following a meeting of the ZMOS Council in Zvolen (Banska Bystrica region). https://etasr.sk/article/23182990 Bratislava, 14 April (TASR) - Instead of addressing people's problems, the coalition is misusing Parliament for its own political goals and to defend its own nominees, opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) chair Branislav Groehling told a press conference on Tuesday, adding that the agenda of the current parliamentary session highlights the coalition's total detachment from reality. https://etasr.sk/article/23182761 Bratislava, 14 April (TASR) - The opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) have lambasted the government for lacking a clear financing plan for the construction of new hospitals, demanding information on the final cost of completing them, as European funds and the Recovery Plan won't cover all the expenditures, KDH MPs Peter Stachura and Frantisek Majersky told a press conference on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23182716 Bratislava, 14 April (TASR) - The Education, Research, Development and Youth Ministry will collaborate with the Slovak central bank (NBS) to improve financial literacy among students, with Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) signing a memorandum with NBS governor Peter Kazimir on Tuesday in this regard. https://etasr.sk/article/23182671 Bratislava, 14 April (TASR) - Bratislava firefighters are currently responding to a fire at the Slovak University of Technology (STU) building in Bratislava, the Fire and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) reported on social media on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23182577 Bratislava, 14 April (TASR) - No injuries were reported in Tuesday's fire at the Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology building of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) in Bratislava, STU spokesperson Juraj Rybansky told TASR, adding that there is no further danger. https://etasr.sk/article/23182999 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