SUMMARY - Monday, 1 June 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 1 June (TASR) - The Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry has launched three new calls for projects financed from the state budget worth a total of €900,000 to support professional organisations and projects in agriculture (€500,000), in forestry and hunting (€200,000) and in the food industry (€200,000), Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) announced at a press briefing on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23351463 Bratislava, 1 June (TASR) - The state budget saw a deficit of €3.1 billion at the end of May 2026, which was a deterioration of €262 million, or 9.2 percent year-on-year (y-o-y), the Finance Ministry reported on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23351329 Bratislava, 1 June (TASR) - The grey economy in Slovakia amounts to some €17 billion, Financial Administration (FS) president Jozef Kiss told a briefing attended by Police Corps President Jana Maskarova on Monday after signing a memorandum titled 'Tax Shield', which is aimed at combating tax crime and organised tax fraud more effectively. https://etasr.sk/article/23351378 Bratislava, 1 June (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini welcomed representatives of youth parliaments to the Presidential Palace on Monday, with the event taking place on the occasion of International Children's Day. https://etasr.sk/article/23351362 Bratislava, 1 June (TASR) - The government's attempt to seek exemptions from several obligations under the debt brake, including the requirement to balance the budget, is an effort to circumvent the purpose of this constitutional law, representatives of several opposition parties stated in Parliament on Monday, noting that the current government has long been avoiding debt-brake sanctions for the current high levels of public debt, including, for example, the obligation to ask Parliament for a vote of confidence. https://etasr.sk/article/23351458 Bratislava, 1 June (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party will file a motion with the Prosecutor-General's Office over the Defence Ministry's purchases of furniture during the renovation of the former Hviezda dormitory in Bratislava in the building known as the Kukurica ['the Corn on the Cob', due to its shape — ed.note]. https://etasr.sk/article/23351314 Bratislava, 1 June (TASR) - The Netherlands respects Slovakia as a partner in the European Union and NATO, and the foundations of the partnership between the two countries are strong, said Dutch Foreign Minister Tom Berendsen after meeting his Slovak counterpart Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) in Bratislava on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23351370 Bratislava, 1 June (TASR) - Slovakia's financial sector remains stable, profit-making and resilient, but the economic environment is less favourable than in the past, as economic growth has slowed and uncertainty remains elevated, according to the latest Financial Stability Report for May 2026, presented by Slovakia's central bank (NBS) officials at a press conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23351214 Bratislava, 1 June (TASR) - The Slovak police will again participate in Europe-wide Roadpol '2Wheelers' road safety campaign this year. https://etasr.sk/article/23351446 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