SUMMARY - Friday, 19 June 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 19 June (TASR) - The Interior Ministry has taken note of the findings of a review by the Public Procurement Authority (UVO) concerning the public tender for an 'Automated System for Detecting Traffic Rule Violations' and will continue the procurement process within the legal framework, TASR learnt from Interior Ministry spokesperson Matej Neumann on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23415478 Brussels/Bratislava, 19 June (TASR-correspondent) - During a geopolitical discussion among EU leaders on competitiveness and relations with China at a two-day summit in Brussels, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) again argued that Slovakia had been forced to shut down its strategic aluminium production plant in Ziar nad Hronom (Banska Bystrica region) because of what he described as the EU's "senseless" climate targets. https://etasr.sk/article/23415433 Bratislava, 19 June (TASR) - Firefighters in Bratislava responded on Friday afternoon to a grass fire near a power substation in the Bratislava-Raca borough. https://etasr.sk/article/23415361 Presov/Bratislava, 19 June (TASR) - The Hungarian members of the consortium that began construction of the new hospital in Presov continue to regard the termination of their contract as "unlawful, unjustified and premature", and maintain that the concrete columns which led to the contract being cancelled meet the strength requirements set out in the project documentation, citing an expert assessment commissioned by the consortium, TASR was told by Zsanett Szikszai on behalf of the consortium comprising West Hungaria Bau, Magyar Epito and Confector Mernokiroda. https://etasr.sk/article/23415164 Bratislava, 19 June (TASR) - The Slovak Towns and Villages Association (ZMOS) insists that local authorities should be exempt from the sanction mechanisms of the Constitutional Act on Budgetary Responsibility. https://etasr.sk/article/23415024 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