SUMMARY - Friday, 26 June 2026 - 10.50 p.m.

Bratislava, 26 June (TASR) - Slovakia is sending a rescue team to Venezuela following the recent earthquakes, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) announced on social media on Friday, adding that the team consists of 15 firefighters, four dog handlers and two search dogs, and will bring two tonnes of equipment. https://etasr.sk/article/23442474 Bratislava, 26 June (TASR) - Women in Slovakia are dying because the system meant to protect them is failing, the Human Rights Coalition (HRC) stated on Friday, calling on the government, the Interior Ministry, the Justice Ministry, the Labour Ministry, the Prosecutor General's Office, as well as all other relevant institutions to take immediate action in response to the recent murder in Gelnica (Kosice region). https://etasr.sk/article/23442494 Bratislava, 26 June (TASR) - The body of a man was found in Bratislava's Velky Drazdiak Lake on Friday, police spokesperson Michal Szeiff told TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23442599 Bratislava/Zilina, 26 June (TASR) - Officers from the anti-corruption unit of the Office for Combating Organised Crime (UBOK) of the Police Corps Presidium carried out an operation codenamed 'Programmer' on Wednesday (24 June), expanding the charges in a case involving more than €8.5 million, TASR has learnt from the Police Presidium's communications and prevention department. https://etasr.sk/article/23442704 Bratislava, 26 June (TASR) - The wheel nuts on the car of Whistleblower Protection Office (UOO) Chair Zuzana Dlugosova were found to have been loosened on Friday morning, UOO's prevention and communications department head Maria Hunkova told TASR on the same day, adding that Dlugosova has already filed a criminal complaint against an unknown perpetrator. https://etasr.sk/article/23442821 Bratislava, 26 June (TASR) - The measures designed to curb truancy and protect the social welfare system from abuse are not aimed at punishing anyone, Voice-SD leader and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok told a press conference on Friday, with other Voice-SD ministers also attending. https://etasr.sk/article/23443122 Kralovsky Chlmec, 26 June (TASR) - Interior spaces and patient rooms at the Hospital with Polyclinic in Kralovsky Chlmec (Kosice region) have been upgraded as part of a multi-million-euro renovation project financed through the Recovery and Resilience Plan, House Chair Richard Rasi, Health Minister Kamil Sasko (both Voice-SD) and the hospital's management announced on Friday during a ceremony to mark the official handover of the project's first stage. https://etasr.sk/article/23443292 Kosice, 26 June (TASR) - The governing coalition Smer-SD party will support Voice-SD's candidate Igor Simko for Kosice region governor in the autumn regional elections, Smer-SD vice-chair and Agriculture Minister Richard Takac and Smer-SD regional chairman Viliam Zahorcak announced in Kosice on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23443440 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. jrg