SUMMARY - Friday, 29 May 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 29 May (TASR) - The incident in the city of Galați in Romania in which a Russian drone struck a residential building and injured civilians serves as a serious warning to the entire region, Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) has stated, adding that the war in Ukraine is dangerously approaching the borders of NATO-member states and the European Union, TASR learnt from Veronika Piatkova from the Parliament Office's media and public relations department on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23342131 Banska Bystrica, 29 May (TASR) - District Court in Banska Bystrica rejected on Friday Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok's (Voice-SD) motion to halt the distraint proceedings in favour of the police investigators centred around Jan Curilla, police officers' legal representative Peter Kubina posted on social media. https://etasr.sk/article/23342622 Bratislava, 29 May (TASR) - Parliament concluded Friday's sitting with a debate on an amendment to the Misdemeanours Act, with the bill, submitted by the Interior Ministry, currently at its second reading. https://etasr.sk/article/23342065 Bratislava, 29 May (TASR) - The completion of the planned section of the D1 motorway between Turany and Hubova (Zilina region) was initially delayed by two years and is now being pushed back by several more months due to the incompetence of Transport Minister Jozef Raz (a Smer-SD nominee), opposition MP Jan Hargas (Progressive Slovakia/PS) stated on Friday, criticising the minister for prolonging the procurement process to find the D1-section contractor due to misconduct and discriminatory conditions. https://etasr.sk/article/23342382 Krivan/Bratislava, 29 May (TASR) - MP Roman Malatinec (independent) will run for the post of the Banska Bystrica regional governor in the autumn local elections, standing for the extra-parliamentary Rural Party, where he serves as vice-chair. https://etasr.sk/article/23342397 Bratislava, 29 May (TASR) - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) on the occasion of Friday's International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers highlighted this year's theme 'Invest in Peace' as an important message to the international community that wars won't end through the financing of further arms supplies, but through peaceful dialogue, TASR was told by the Foreign Ministry on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23342871 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