SUMMARY - Thursday, 16 April 2026 - 9.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 16 April (TASR) – Parliamentary vice-chair Tibor Gaspar (Smer-SD) on Thursday described opposition claims about organised transport of migrants to Slovakia's borders ahead of the last parliamentary elections as conspiracy theories. https://etasr.sk/article/23190858 Bratislava, 16 April (TASR) - Slovakia has received its first delivery of the ordered Barak MX air defence system, with the first battery already deployed at an undisclosed location, Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23190840 Bratislava, 16 April (TASR) – Claims about migrants being transported to Slovakia's borders before elections are "as absurd as carrying water in a wicker basket", Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) said on Thursday at a parliamentary European Affairs Committee session. https://etasr.sk/article/23190817 Tucson/Bratislava, 16 April (TASR) - Slovakia has received all of its ordered F-16 fighter jets, with the final aircraft delivered by the manufacturer to an air base in Tucson, the United States, where Slovakia officially took it over, the Slovak Armed Forces announced on social media on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23190777 Bratislava, 16 April (TASR) – The largest coalition party Smer-SD rejects criticism from the opposition's Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), which claims that a poor business environment and failed public finance consolidation are driving companies out of Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/23190741 Ruzomberok, 16 April (TASR) – The completion of the Ruzomberok (Zilina region) motorway bypass continues to be complicated by a landslide in difficult terrain in the Likavka area, the National Highway Company (NDS) and the Transport Ministry confirmed to TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23190347 Bratislava, 16 April (TASR) - The opposition's 'Slovakia' party has filed a criminal complaint with the Prosecutor-General's Office against Prime Minister Robert Fico, Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (both Smer-SD), and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) over serious suspicion that the migration crisis may have been deliberately misused ahead of the 2023 parliamentary elections in cooperation with representatives of a foreign power. https://etasr.sk/article/23190117 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. mf