SUMMARY - Wednesday, June 17 2026 - 9.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) marked the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, also known as Blue Helmets Day, by meeting Pavol Marko, president of the Slovak Union of War Veterans. https://etasr.sk/article/23407183 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - The planned visit of Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar to Croatia on Thursday (18 June) has been postponed due to a change in his work programme, the ministry press department announced on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23407064 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) said that he respects the Constitutional Court's ruling requiring the government to seek a vote of confidence in Parliament and confirmed that lawmakers are likely to debate the motion as early as on Thursday, June 18. https://etasr.sk/article/23406538 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - The government will ask Parliament to express confidence in it, as required under the Constitutional Act on Budgetary Responsibility, it follows from a document published on the website of the Government Office. https://etasr.sk/article/23406494 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - Coalition junior party SNS is calling for a statutory time limit between a person being charged and subsequently indicted, and says it will push for the change, party leader and House vice-chair Andrej Danko said at a press conference on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23406452 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - European Union enlargement, the future EU budget, security and defence, competitiveness, and developments in Ukraine and the Middle East were among the main issues discussed by Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) and ambassadors of EU member states accredited to Slovakia, TASR learnt from the ministry's press department on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23406087 Bratislava, 17 June (TASR) - The governing Voice-SD party is ready to approve a government request for a vote of confidence, the party's press department has told TASR in reaction to the Constitutional Court's ruling on the matter, adding that MPs for Voice-SD will express their confidence in the government in Parliament. https://etasr.sk/article/23405986 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. mf