SUMMARY - Tuesday, 12 May 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 12 May (TASR) - The Defence Ministry will announce its next steps regarding the construction of the hospital in Presov after it receives an expert assessment expected next week, Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) declared on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23280794 Bratislava, 12 May (TASR) - Million-euro fines for a cartel in laboratories show that money is unnecessarily leaking from the healthcare system, opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) stated in response to a decision by the Antimonopoly Office (PMU), which uncovered a cartel agreement among operators of medical laboratories in Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/23280749 Bratislava, 12 May (TASR) - The presidents of Slovakia, Austria and the Czech Republic discussed foreign policy challenges and their impact on the region, as well as the influence of artificial intelligence and modern technologies, during Tuesday's presidential summit of the Austerlitz Format (S3) in Bratislava. https://etasr.sk/article/23280709 Bratislava, 12 May (TASR) - Opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) leader Michal Simecka declared on Tuesday he will not allow himself to be brought down by what he described as an "intelligence-service maneuvering". https://etasr.sk/article/23280674 Bratislava, 12 May (TASR) - The gradual integration process of the Western Balkan states into the European Union is vitally important, Foreign and European Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) stated at a joint press press conference with European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos on Tuesday, warning that the EU's credibility in the region would decline without tangible progress. https://etasr.sk/article/23280541 Bratislava, 12 May (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico on Tuesday received European Commissioner for Enlargement Marta Kos at the Government Office in Bratislava, where they discussed several issues, the Government Office press department informed TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23280335 Svaty Peter, 12 May (TASR) - The Environment Ministry has allocated €50 million from the Modernisation Fund for restoring 50 cultural institutions, such as mansions, libraries and cultural centres, Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) told a press conference held on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23280197 Bratislava, 12 May (TASR) - Measures to support economic growth, which the governing coalition has only just started discussing, don't constitute any kind of reform package but are a list of minor fixes to the government's own mistakes instead, said opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) MP Stefan Kiss at a press conference on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23280101 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