SUMMARY - Monday, 27 April 2026 - 9.20 p.m.

Kosice/Bratislava, 27 April (TASR) – The opposition's Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) criticises the technical state of the railway station in Kosice, saying the state invested in its appearance but neglected what the party considers most important — safety, capacity and modern traffic management, TASR learnt on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23225874 Bratislava, 27 April (TASR) - As the parliamentary election draws nearer, reaching agreement within the coalition will become increasingly more difficult, Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) declared, while voicing hope that the state budget for 2027 will pass a vote in Parliament nonetheless. https://etasr.sk/article/23225867 Bratislava, 27 April (TASR) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) lies with respect to the subsidy case of an association linked to Marta Simeckova, the Let's Stop Corruption Foundation declared on Monday, adding that its article highlighted also several findings unfavourable to Simeckova. https://etasr.sk/article/23225855 Bratislava, 27 April (TASR) - It has never happened in Slovakia's history before that a foundation fighting corruption would protect a person who committed a subsidy fraud, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said at a press conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23225847 Bratislava, 27 April (TASR) - Independent MP and mayor of Kezmarok (Presov region) Jan Ferencak should be provided protection after he'd been physically assaulted over the weekend, Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said on Monday, noting that Ferencak is a constitutional official and could face further assaults. https://etasr.sk/article/23225745 Bratislava, 27 April (TASR) - Opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party leader Michal Simecka's accusations that the Financial Administration's Criminal Office (KUFS), acting on political orders, screened his mother's civil association and hacked into its account are untrue, inaccurate, distorted and deliberately misleading, Financial Administration (FS) spokesperson Daniel Kovac told TASR on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23225742 Bandar Seri Begawan/Bratislava, 27 April (TASR) - Slovakia aims to intensify mutual trade and investment with countries in the Indo-Pacific region, said Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar during a meeting of EU and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) ministers in Brunei. https://etasr.sk/article/23225512 Bratislava, 27 April (TASR) - Financial markets generally anticipate the moves of rating agencies, and so Standard & Poor's expected downgrade of Slovakia's rating on Friday (24 April) came as no surprise; nothing fundamental has changed, and Slovak government bonds are trading on the markets under similar conditions as before, Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) emphasised at a press conference on Monday, once again rejecting the opposition's claim that the current government is pursuing poor fiscal policy. https://etasr.sk/article/23225403 Jablonov nad Turnou, 27 April (TASR) - The police are continuing to investigate last year's train collision near the village of Jablonov nad Turnou in Kosice region, while both national passenger carrier ZSSK and the Transport Ministry have concluded their internal investigations, determining that the cause of the accident was that one of the express trains failed to obey a 'Stop' signal. https://etasr.sk/article/23225314 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