SUMMARY - Friday, 5 June 2026 - 9.10 p.m.

Krpelany, 5 June (TASR) - Firefighters from the towns of Martin and Dolny Kubin are responding to an incident at Krpelany (all Zilina region) railway station on Friday afternoon, the Operations Centre of the Fire and Rescue Corps (HaZZ) in Zilina has reported, adding that the incident was caused by a collision between two trains. https://etasr.sk/article/23364932 Vinnytsia, 5 June (TASR) - Humanitarian aid, Ukraine's reconstruction, European integration, and prospects for a peaceful resolution to the war were high on the agenda of discussion between Slovak Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) and his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha during a working visit to the Ukrainian city of Vinnytsia, TASR was told by the Slovak Foreign Affairs Ministry's communications department on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23365158 Vinnytsia, 5 June (TASR) - Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha thanked his Slovak counterpart Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) on Friday for Slovakia's support of Ukraine's path to the EU, TASR has learnt from his post on X on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23365101 Bratislava, 5 June (TASR) - Prosecutor-General Maros Zilinka regrets that the professional opinion of the prosecution service and its efforts to create the legislative conditions for a more effective penal response by the state to tax offences haven't been heeded, TASR has learnt from his post on social media in connection with a legislative proposal for combating tax crime more effectively that he submitted to Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) in March. https://etasr.sk/article/23364996 Bratislava, 5 June (TASR) - Pressure from the opposition and a criminal complaint has paid off, as Investment, Regional Development, and Digitisation Minister Samuel Migal (Independent) was deterred by the potential criminal consequences and halted the signing of IT contracts at the last minute, opposition MP Veronika Remisova ('Slovakia'-'For the People' caucus) stated on Friday in response to Migal's decision to temporarily halt preparations for signing contracts to overhaul the Slovensko.sk website for more than €90 million. https://etasr.sk/article/23365066 Bratislava, 5 June (TASR) - The Hungarian Alliance wants to field its own candidate for the post of Nitra region governor in the autumn regional elections, party leader Laszlo Gubik announced on TASR TV's programme Studio TASR, adding that discussions on a specific candidate are still ongoing. https://etasr.sk/article/23364560 Kezmarok, 5 June (TASR) - The police have pressed charges of disorderly conduct against one person in connection with the physical assault on MP Jan Ferencak (Independent) in April, the Police Corps Presidium's communications department confirmed for TASR on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23364783 Bratislava, 5 June (TASR) - The Education Ministry is filing a criminal complaint against MPs for the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party for defamation and false accusations, Ministry State Secretary Robert Zsembera told a press conference on Friday in response to statements made by PS on Thursday (4 June) regarding the X-Rock scientific project and the allocation of EU funds. https://etasr.sk/article/23364614 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