SUMMARY - Thursday, 4 June 2026 - 1 p.m.

Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - Opposition MPs for the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), 'Slovakia' party and Progressive Slovakia (PS) held a news conference on Thursday to announce that they are filing a motion to dismiss Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) in Parliament over the failure of the ePrihlasky application system. https://etasr.sk/article/23360417 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - Courts will now have the option, rather than the obligation, to issue a default judgment in favour of a plaintiff if the defendant fails to attend a hearing despite having been properly and timely summoned, and a similar option will apply when the plaintiff is absent, according to an amendment to the Civil Code approved by Parliament on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23360399 Liptovska Anna, 4 June (TASR) - A man was attacked by a bear near the village of Liptovska Anna in the district of Liptovsky Mikulas (Zilina region) on Thursday morning, with an ambulance crew dispatched to the scene, Emergency Medical Service Operations Centre (OS ZZS) spokesperson Petra Klimesova confirmed for TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23360335 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - The parliamentary foreign affairs committee has endorsed the nomination of former judge and MP Miroslav Radacovsky (Independent) as Slovakia's ambassador to Cyprus. https://etasr.sk/article/23360294 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - Retail revenues in Slovakia fell only slightly by 0.2 percent year-on-year (y-o-y) in April 2026 when adjusted for inflation, with four out of nine retail segments posting y-o-y declines, the Statistics Office reported on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23360275 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - MPs on Thursday morning started to discuss the draft new Civil Code, sponsored by the Justice Ministry. https://etasr.sk/article/23360186 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - Parliament is set to debate a motion to dismiss Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) as late as in September, because it failed to reach a quorum to open a special session on his ouster on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23360129 Bratislava, 4 June (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini will leave for a working visit to Italy on Thursday afternoon, TASR has learnt from the President Office's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/23360128 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