SUMMARY - Tuesday, 23 June 2026 - 9 p.m.

Godollo/Bratislava, 23 June (TASR-correspondent) - The countries of the Visegrad Group (V4: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) are wise enough to put forward only those issues that unite them, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico declared on Tuesday after a meeting of V4 prime ministers in the Hungarian town of Godollo, TASR's special correspondent in Budapest reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23429674 Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - The President's Office became part of Slovakia's testing quantum-secured communications infrastructure on Tuesday, after the President's Office signed a memorandum of cooperation on the development of quantum communications infrastructure in Slovakia with the National Centre for Quantum Technologies (QUTE.sk) at the end of October last year, the President's Office press department told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23429633 Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - The Organised Crime Unit (UBOK) of the Police Corps Presidium detained another person on Monday (22 June) as part of the large-scale police operation codenamed Urus, with investigators continuing intensive procedural actions targeting members of an organised criminal group, the Police Corps Presidium press department told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23429601 Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - Culture Minister Martina Simkovicova (an SNS nominee) held talks on Tuesday with representatives of Slovakia's cultural community on the future direction of the country's cultural policy, TASR learnt from the ministry's press department on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23429582 Zvolen/Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - A professional meeting of organisations and institutions will be held over the planned relocation of the Forestry and Woodworking Museum (LDM) from Zvolen to Svaty Anton (both Banska Bystrica region), where the arguments and reasons for the move will be presented, Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23429568 Panama City/Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - Slovakia's first-ever ministerial-level participation in a meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) confirms the country's interest in strengthening relations with Latin American and Caribbean nations and playing a more active role in addressing shared global challenges, Slovak Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) remarked during a dialogue with permanent observers at the OAS General Assembly in Panama, the ministry's press department told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23429550 Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - Nearly 60 percent of people in Slovakia would report corruption if they witnessed it, according to a survey conducted by the Focus agency on behalf of the Let's Stop Corruption Foundation, the foundation's communications specialist, Norbert Chomistek, told TASR on the occasion of Tuesday's World Whistleblowers Day. https://etasr.sk/article/23429479 Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - Police have charged three Venezuelan nationals over unauthorised cash withdrawals from ATMs in the Bratislava region at the beginning of February, Bratislava police spokesperson Michal Szeiff told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23429193 Bratislava, 23 June (TASR) - The latest forecast by the Slovak Central Bank (NBS), which revised its 2026 GDP growth outlook down to just 0.5 percent, confirms the current government's economic failure, according to the opposition Christian Democratic Movement (KDH). https://etasr.sk/article/23429027 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