SUMMARY - Saturday, 9 May 2026 - 9.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 9 May (TASR) - The Fitch Ratings agency has affirmed Slovakia's Long-Term Foreign-Currency (LTFC) Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A-', with a stable outlook, the Finance Ministry has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/23271336 Bratislava, 9 May (TASR) - The first regular flights with holidaymakers heading to the Turkish resort of Antalya, the most popular destination for tourists wishing to fly from the Slovak capital, are now departing from M.R. Stefanik Airport in Bratislava (BTS), TASR has learnt from BTS spokesperson Veronika Demovicova. https://etasr.sk/article/23271421 Bratislava, 9 May (TASR) - Voice-SD would immediately quit the governing coalition if any of its partners sought to cut 13th pensions, Interior Minister and Voice-SD leader Matus Sutaj Estok said on STVR's politics programme 'Sobotne dialogy' (Saturday Dialogues). Meanwhile, his opponent on the show, MP and opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) leader Michal Simecka views the 13th pensions in their current form as unsustainable for the state budget. https://etasr.sk/article/23271483 Almaty, 9 May (TASR) - Slovak trap shooter Zuzana Rehak-Stefecekova on Saturday won a bronze medal at the ISSF World Cup Shotgun held in Almaty, Kazakhstan, hitting 21 out of 30 clay targets in the finals. https://etasr.sk/article/23271533 Bratislava, 9 May (TASR) - Last year, 16.7 percent of the Slovak population was threatened by poverty or social exclusion, which is over 895,000 people, with the figure going down by almost 85,000 year-on-year (y-o-y), according to the results of a European statistical survey on incomes and the living standards of households in 2025, the so-called EU SILC, published by the Slovak Statistics Office earlier this week. https://etasr.sk/article/23271639 Moscow/Bratislava, 9 May (TASR) - Slovak Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) conveyed a message from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Moscow on Saturday, declaring Zelenskyy's readiness for a face-to-face meeting with Putin in any format, Fico said in a video on social media. https://etasr.sk/article/23271864 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. ko