SUMMARY - Friday, June 19, 2026 - 5 p.m.

Brussels/Bratislava, 19 June (TASR-correspondent) - Prime Minister Robert Fico on Friday welcomed an initiative by European Council President Antonio Costa, whose office this week opened lines of communication with Russia. Brussels, 19 June (TASR-correspondent) - Slovakia will participate in the debates on the EU's long-term budget for 2028–2034 as a member of the Friends of Cohesion group and, along with the other Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland), it will push for sufficient funding for cohesion policy and the common agricultural policy, stated Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) at the conclusion of the EU summit in Brussels on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23414604 Bratislava, 19 June (TASR) - Slovak students can apply to join an educational programme at Georgia Tech, one of the world's top technology universities, Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD), Digital Coalition chief operating officer Pavol Sedo, and David Bridges, vice-president of the Enterprise Innovation Institute at the Georgia Institute of Technology, told a press conference on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23414574 Bratislava, 19 June (TASR) - The proportion of available jobseekers in the working-age population stood at 3.91 percent at the end of May of this year, having fallen by 0.05 percentage points month-over-month, the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVaR) reported on Friday, adding that the figure rose by 0.2 percent year-on-year when compared to May 2025, however. https://etasr.sk/article/23414500 Bratislava, 19 June (TASR) - Czech President Petr Pavel and former Slovak head of state Zuzana Caputova are due to attend the 30th anniversary year of the Pohoda music festival at Trencin airport, TASR has been told by the festival's PR manager Lukas Gress. https://etasr.sk/article/23414405 Bratislava, 19 June (TASR) - The Ruzinov tram line in Bratislava will be renovated, with preparatory work expected to begin as early as the end of this year, and construction on the first section of the line set to continue next year, TASR has been told by the capital city, which has completed its evaluation of bids in the tender for the contractor to carry out the modernisation. https://etasr.sk/article/23414330 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