SUMMARY - Friday, 24 April 2026 - 5 p.m.

Nicosia/Bratislava, 24 April (TASR-correspondent) – The European Union is diverging from the United States on many issues, said Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday after an informal summit of EU-member state leaders in Cyprus. https://etasr.sk/article/23215951 Bratislava, 24 April (TASR) - Slovakia will request a postponement of the ETS2 emission allowance trading system until at least 2030, said Slovak Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) in a video address from the informal EU summit in Cyprus that was played at the annual congress of the National Union of Employers (RUZ) in Bratislava on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23215853 Bratislava, 24 April (TASR) - The Office for Combating Organised Crime (UBOK) is conducting an extensive investigation in connection with suspicions surrounding a tender for operating emergency medical service (EMS) ambulances, TASR was told by the Police Corps headquarters on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23216118 Bratislava, 24 April (TASR) - Planned measures to support Slovakia's economic growth cover five areas and total around 90, said Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) at the annual assembly of the National Union of Employers in Bratislava on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23215992 Bratislava, 24 April (TASR) - The transport ministries of Slovakia and the Czech Republic will assess the possibility of resuming a regular air service between Bratislava and Prague, which hasn't been in operation for more than seven years, the transport ministers of both countries, Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) and Ivan Bednarik, concurred during their meeting in Prague this week, the Slovak Transport Ministry posted on social media on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23215963 Presov, 24 April (TASR) - Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Minister Samuel Migal (Independent) is earnestly considering running for the post of Presov self-governing region chair, TASR was told by the ministry's communications department on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23215989 Bratislava, 24 April (TASR) - MPs for the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party held a news conference in Parliament on Friday to criticise what happened in Parliament earlier in the day, opposing House Vice-chair Andrej Danko's (Slovak National Party/SNS) decision to order PS caucus head Zuzana Mesterova out of the chamber. https://etasr.sk/article/23215936 Bratislava, 24 April (TASR) - The Judicial Council won't comment on calls by politicians whose aim is to score political points, the council has told TASR in connection with a call made earlier on Friday by the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party, which urged it to condemn political attacks on judges by government representatives. https://etasr.sk/article/23215803 Nicosia, 24 April (TASR-correspondent) - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz should visit Slovakia by the end of May, Slovak Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) announced at the informal EU summit in Nicosia, Cyprus on Friday, not specifying the exact date, TASR has learnt from its special correspondent. https://etasr.sk/article/23215678 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