SUMMARY - Monday, 25 May 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 25 May (TASR) - If no agreement is reached with the Slovak National Party (SNS) by the end of September, its nominee, Tomas Taraba - who heads the Environment Ministry and also serves as vice-premier - will step down from his post, TASR learnt from Taraba's post on social media on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23327564 Bratislava, 25 May (TASR) - Constitutional Court judge Jana Baricova, whose term is ending, is interested in continuing in her post until a successor is found, Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) stated in response to a journalist's question at a press conference on Monday, adding that Parliament hasn't yet reached an agreement on the nomination of the 13th judge, a post that remains vacant in the Constitutional Court. https://etasr.sk/article/23327466 Bratislava, 25 May (TASR) - People should be able to call a referendum on the early termination of a parliamentary term, but not at any time, House chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) has told journalists about the details of a proposal to make this option part of the Slovak Constitution. https://etasr.sk/article/23327590 Bratislava, 25 May (TASR) - The goal of Progressive Slovakia (PS) and its MEPs is to cause harm, representatives of Smer-SD concurred at a press conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23327920 Bratislava, 25 May (TASR) - Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) is scheduled to meet on Tuesday (26 May) ambassadors from African countries accredited to Slovakia to mark Africa Day, which the international community commemorates annually on 25 May, TASR was told by the Foreign Ministry's communications department on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23327969 Bratislava, 25 May (TASR) - Seven items have been added to Slovakia's Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage, stated the Slovak Folk Art Collective (SLUK), which, through the Centre for Traditional Folk Culture, is the main organiser of the Representative List. https://etasr.sk/article/23327886 Bratislava, 25 May (TASR) - The Culture Ministry on Monday rejected recent statements by the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party that the ministry hands out generous bonuses while Slovakia's culture sector is plagued by resource shortages and fiscal consolidation measures, describing them as purposeful misinterpretation and a manipulative attempt to incite hatred. https://etasr.sk/article/23327883 Bratislava, 25 May (TASR) - At a press conference on Monday, the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party stated that it will initiate a special parliamentary session to discuss a no-confidence motion in Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee), explaining that Taraba has failed in his role. https://etasr.sk/article/23327766 Pezinok, 25 May (TASR) - During the trial held at the Specialised Criminal Court (STS) in Pezinok (Bratislava region) on Monday, witness Zoltan Andrusko continued to incriminate defendant Alena Zs. [name abbreviated due to legal reasons] in terms of ordering the murder of journalist Jan Kuciak, testifying that she also ordered the murders of prosecutors from him, although these murders didn't take place in the end. https://etasr.sk/article/23327530 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