SUMMARY - Tuesday, 5 May 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 5 May (TASR) - The Office for Combating Organised Crime (UBOK) detained several individuals in Dunajska Streda district (Trnava region) on Tuesday evening on suspicion of illegal possession of arms, the police posted on social media, adding that UBOK is also conducting searches and other procedural actions. https://etasr.sk/article/23254747 Bratislava, 5 May (TASR) - At a press conference on Tuesday, opposition MPs from the Christian Democrats (KDH), Progressive Slovakia (PS) and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) called for an extraordinary meeting of the House health committee to discuss the suspension of the construction of the military hospital in Presov, demanding an explanation from Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) and Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) as to why the project has been suspended. https://etasr.sk/article/23254235 Brussels, 5 May (TASR) - Czech MEP Tomas Zdechovsky of the European People's Party (EPP) faction has contacted the European Commission (EC) regarding European subsidies in Slovakia, asking the EC to explain why European funds may have been allocated to entities allegedly linked to individuals connected to the Stock Farmer corruption scandal, TASR learnt from his website on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23254460 Bratislava/Brussels, 5 May (TASR) - The economic impact of the Middle East crisis was the main issue on the agenda of a two-day meeting of finance ministers of the eurozone and the European Union (EU) in Brussels, with Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) representing Slovakia at the Eurogroup and the ECOFIN meetings, TASR has learnt from information published by the Finance Ministry on social media on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23254280 Bratislava, 5 May (TASR) - Opposition parties Progressive Slovakia (PS), Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), 'Slovakia' and 'For the People' have criticised Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) for refusing to face a parliamentary debate and concealing the seriousness of the situation at the Agriculture Payment Agency (PPA) after the agenda of a special House session on PPA initiated by PS was rejected. https://etasr.sk/article/23254243 Bratislava, 5 May (TASR) - Both junior coalition parties Voice-SD and the Slovak National Party (SNS) have comments regarding the proposal to amend postal voting from abroad as drawn up by their coalition partner Smer-SD, with Voice-SD caucus chair Robert Puci considering it a priority to ensure that voters abroad won't be limited to casting their ballots at diplomatic missions only, while SNS leader Andrej Danko has again spoken about the need to adjust preferential voting. https://etasr.sk/article/23254141 Bratislava, 5 May (TASR) - An expert commission on local government modernisation will operate under the parliamentary committee for public administration and regional development and will serve as a platform for representatives of the Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS), the Slovak Association of Self-Governing Regions (SK8), and the Slovak Towns Union (UMS), with the option of inviting experts, representatives of the local government associations, House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD), and Interior Ministry State Secretary Michal Kalinak agreed at a meeting on Tuesday, TASR was told by the Parliament Office's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/23254824 Michalovce, 5 May (TASR) - A client service centre was officially opened in the town of Michalovce (Kosice region) on Tuesday, although it had already been open to the public since late March. https://etasr.sk/article/23254546 Bratislava, 5 May (TASR) - The Association of Employers' Unions (AZZZ) welcomes new initiatives by the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Ministry aimed at promoting school attendance among children and motivating the unemployed to enter the workforce. https://etasr.sk/article/23254906 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