SUMMARY - Tuesday, 21 April 2026 - 5.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 21 April (TASR) - Legislators will sit longer during the current session, with daily proceedings extended from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m., while, at the proposal of the coalition parliamentary caucuses, MPs also agreed to hold sessions on two Mondays, 27 April and 4 May, with the motions presented in the chamber by House Chair Richard Rasi (Smer-SD). https://etasr.sk/article/23204383 Budapest/Bratislava, 21 April (TASR) - In my telephone call with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, I made it clear that we can only discuss any policy matters if we receive guarantees that Slovakia will repeal legislation threatening ethnic-Hungarians in Slovakia with imprisonment [for impugning the Benes Decrees — ed.note], and if it is clearly established that there will be no confiscation of the land of our Hungarian compatriots in Slovakia in the future on the basis of the Benes Decrees and the principle of collective guilt, Hungarian Prime Minister-elect Peter Magyar announced in a post on X on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23204482 Bratislava, 21 April (TASR) - Slovakia's public finance deficit reached just under 4.5 percent of GDP last year, marking a significant drop of 0.8 percentage points when compared with the previous year, and it was also lower than the budget target of 4.7 percent of GDP. https://etasr.sk/article/23204516 Bratislava, 21 April (TASR) - The Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry has launched preparations for legislative changes linked to the 'No School, No Benefits' initiative, with the new legislation expected to take effect as of 1 January 2027, Labour Minister Erik Tomas (Voice-SD) announced at a joint press conference with Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) and Children's Commissioner Jozef Miklosko on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23204622 Bratislava, 21 April (TASR) – The Transport Ministry will not back down from its plan to purchase and introduce body cameras for train drivers, Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) confirmed on Tuesday during an informal discussion at the parliamentary committee for public administration and regional development, which was not quorate. https://etasr.sk/article/23204698 Bratislava, 21 April (TASR) – The train drivers petition committee continues to reject the introduction of body cameras strongly, TASR learnt on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23204743 Bratislava, 21 April (TASR) - My income significantly exceeds my acquired assets, and claims about my wealth are misleading, declared Independent MP Jan Ferencak at a press conference on Tuesday, maintaining that Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) ordered the Internal Affairs Inspectorate to criminalise him. https://etasr.sk/article/23204744 Bratislava, 21 April (TASR) - The draft National Strategy for the Stabilisation and Management of Human Resources in Health Care until 2040 lacks measurable indicators, a budget and accountability for implementing it, opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) MP Tomas Szalay told a press conference on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23204800 Bratislava, 21 April (TASR) - Slovak President Peter Pellegrini met Fra' John T. Dunlap, Prince and 81st Grand Master of the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta, at the Presidential Palace in Bratislava on Tuesday, awarding him Slovakia's highest decoration, the Order of the Double White Cross, 1st Class, for outstanding merits in developing relations. https://etasr.sk/article/23204908 Bratislava, 21 April (TASR) - The consolidation of public finances, which the incumbent government has been pursuing for several years, has a poor structure and is creating difficult "economic terrain" for both businesses and employees, as reflected in Slovakia's continuously growing debt and the deteriorating sentiment among foreign investors, representatives of the opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) told a press conference on Tuesday. 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