SUMMARY - Wednesday, 27 May 2026 - 10 p.m.

Kosice, 27 May (TASR) - Investments in the development of road transport in Kosice region will continue, as the National Highway Company (NDS) has called a public tender for the construction of another section of the Kosice bypass, spanning from the village of Haniska to the city borough of Saca, Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee) told a press briefing on Wednesday, adding that the new expressway will relieve several villages of heavy traffic. https://etasr.sk/article/23334839 Michalovce, 27 May (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) attended the ceremonial opening of the refurbished Red Army Central Military Cemetery in Michalovce (Kosice region) on Wednesday and, along with Russian Ambassador to Slovakia Sergey Andreev, state and public administration representatives, MPs, city officials and the public, he paid tribute to the fallen soldiers who liberated Slovakia during the Second World War. https://etasr.sk/article/23335059 Kosice, 27 May (TASR) - The first test electric vehicles are expected to be produced by the new Volvo plant near Kosice at the turn of summer and autumn, Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD) said on Wednesday following her visit to the Valaliky Industrial Park and the Volvo Car Kosice plant. https://etasr.sk/article/23335174 Bratislava, 27 May (TASR) - The Foreign Affairs Ministry is not aware of any official information regarding the evacuation and closure of embassies in Kyiv, and it is actively monitoring the security situation in Ukraine, TASR was told by the ministry's communications department on Wednesday in response to opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) vice-chair Ivan Korcok's statements about Russia's warning of large-scale strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. https://etasr.sk/article/23335412 Bratislava, 27 May (TASR) - Opposition MPs Veronika Remisova and Julius Jakab ('Slovakia'-'For the People' caucus) have criticised an upcoming €105-million IT project prepared by the Investment, Regional Development and Informatisation Ministry to combat tax fraud, describing it as non-transparent, overpriced and lacking proper justification by experts, TASR reported on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23335787 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. jrg