SUMMARY - Thursday, 25 June 2026 - 9 p.m.

Budapest/Bratislava, 25 June (TASR-correspondent) - The countries of the Visegrad Group (V4: Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) will attend this year's NATO summit in Ankara with a joint position, which was discussed at a meeting of the V4 defence ministers in Budapest on Thursday, TASR learnt from its special correspondent in Budapest. https://etasr.sk/article/23438064 Bratislava, 25 June (TASR) - If a general election had been held in June, it would have been won by the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party on 20 percent of the votes, followed by senior governing Smer-SD (18.6 percent) and the extra-parliamentary far-right Republic party (9.5 percent), according to a recent poll carried out by AKO agency on behalf of Joj 24 television channel. https://etasr.sk/article/23438034 Bratislava, 25 June (TASR) - The opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party is filing a complaint with the parliamentary Conflict of Interest Committee against coalition MP Jan Mazgut (Smer-SD) over his asset declaration, PS parliamentary caucus chair Zuzana Mesterova announced at a press conference on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23438147 Bratislava, 25 June (TASR) - A new public transit transfer terminal will be built in the Bratislava borough of Ruzinov near Suhvezdna Street, Ruzinov mayor Martin Chren posted on social media on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23438140 Bratislava, 25 June (TASR) - The 'Vision Slovakia 2040' document will be presented on Thursday, head of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) Martin Venhart told TASR, adding that it constitutes the first, conceptual part of Slovakia's strategic development framework through 2040 and that the SAV serves as the document's primary expert guarantor. https://etasr.sk/article/23437877 Snina/Bratislava, 25 June (TASR) - The Snina hospital (Presov region) officially put into operation new medical equipment on Thursday purchased through Slovakia's Recovery and Resilience Plan, with the hospital having received €338,250 for a new ultrasound machine and a C-arm imaging system and, on the occasion, House chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) said the hospital should also acquire an MRI scanner in the future. https://etasr.sk/article/23437968 Bratislava, 25 June (TASR) - The foreign ministers of Slovakia and Ukraine held a telephone conversation on Thursday to discuss the organisation of planned talks at both the intergovernmental and bilateral levels, ministry's communications department told TASR on Thursday, adding that they confirmed that the next meeting of the two governments will take place in the Ukrainian city of Lviv. https://etasr.sk/article/23438300 Bratislava, 25 June (TASR) - Foreign Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) is scheduled to meet with his Spanish counterpart Jose Manuel Albares on Monday, 29 June, as part of the latter's working visit to Slovakia, TASR was told by the ministry's communications department on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23437753 Bratislava, 25 June (TASR) - Bomb disposal experts from the rapid response police unit of the Bratislava Regional Police Directorate discovered more than 500 pieces of various types of Second World War-era ammunition during a training exercise in the Zelezna studnicka area on 17 June, Bratislava regional police reported on social media on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23438296 Bratislava, 25 June (TASR) - A Level 3 heat alert will be in effect this weekend for some districts in the south-west and south of central Slovakia, meteorologist at the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute (SHMU) Marcel Macko posted on social media on Thursday, adding that this is the highest warning level. https://etasr.sk/article/23437999 Velky Krtis/Bratislava, 25 June (TASR) - During the current heatwave, the municipality of Velky Krtis is making every effort to conserve water, as the town is among the areas in Slovakia most vulnerable to climate change, head of the town office Marian Balko told TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23437837 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