SUMMARY - Saturday, 16 May 2026 - 9 p.m.

Jablonov nad Turnou, 16 May (TASR) - After strenuous and gradual work, a locomotive that had been left stranded in a ravine near the village of Jablonov nad Turnnou following a train collision last October has finally been pulled out, the Kosice regional police posted on social media on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/23295943 Kosice, 16 May (TASR) - Igor Simko, a current MP and the government proxy for the elimination of regional disparities and the recovery plan for eastern Slovakia, will run for the post of Kosice region chair in the autumn elections on behalf of the governing Voice-SD party, Interior Minister and Voice-SD leader Matus Sutaj Estok told a press conference on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/23296080 Cannes/Bratislava, 16 May (TASR) - During a working visit to Cannes in France, Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) attended a working lunch on Saturday with her French counterpart Catherine Pegard and ministers from Cyprus, Spain, Greece, and Luxembourg, as well as representatives of the European Commission to discuss the challenges and development of the audiovisual sector, TASR was told by the Culture Ministry's communications department on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/23296204 Bratislava, 16 May (TASR) - Albanian President Bajram Begaj is scheduled to arrive in Slovakia on Wednesday (20 May) for an official visit at which he'll be received by Slovak head of state Peter Pellegrini, the President's Office told TASR on Saturday, noting that this will be the first-ever visit by an Albanian president in Slovakia's modern history. https://etasr.sk/article/23296028 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