SUMMARY - Wednesday, 13 May 2026 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 13 May (TASR) - At its regular session on Wednesday, the government will deal with new rules for the provision of state aid in the remediation of environmental burdens, particularly in cases where the remediation is carried out by the state at its own expense. https://etasr.sk/article/23282394 Strasbourg, 13 May (TASR) – Local authorities and the state should strengthen coordination in the preparation and implementation of anti-corruption policies, regular analysis of integrity and corruption risks, and in introducing measures to safeguard integrity of political officials, concludes the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) in an evaluation report on Slovakia released on Wednesday, Council of Europe spokesperson Jaime Rodriguez has informed TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/23282470 Bratislava, 13 May (TASR) - The number of people employed in Slovakia in the first quarter of 2026 reached 2.415 million, which was down by 0.1 percent year-on-year (y-o-y), the Statistics Office reported on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23282580 Kosice, 13 May (TASR) - Japan's largest steel producer, Nippon Steel Corporation, announced on Wednesday that it's decided to transfer Kosice-based U.S. Steel into its direct ownership. https://etasr.sk/article/23282630 Bratislava, 13 May (TASR) - Slovakia's gross domestic product (GDP) in fixed prices grew by 0.9 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first quarter of 2026, according to a preliminary estimate released by the Statistics Office on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23282661 Bratislava, 13 May (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) will become chairman of the Slovak part of the Slovak-Russian Inter-governmental Commission for Economic and Scientific and Technical Cooperation, after the government appointed him to the post at its session on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23282740 Bratislava, 13 May (TASR) - In order to improve Slovakia's energy self-sufficiency, the state should acquire larger stakes and greater leverage in key energy companies, opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) MP Karol Galek declared on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23282901 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