SUMMARY - Saturday, 4 July 2026 - 6 p.m.

Bratislava, 4 July (TASR) - Polling stations opened across Slovakia at 7 am on Saturday as the country's 10th referendum since gaining independence got under way. https://etasr.sk/article/23473532 Bratislava, 4 July (TASR) - Polling stations across Slovakia opened on time on Saturday morning for the referendum, except for one in the village of Blhovce near Rimavska Sobota (Banska Bystrica region), where the secretary of the local electoral commission experienced a health problem, State Electoral Commission chair Eduard Burda and head of the Interior Ministry's department for elections, referendums and political parties Martin Gajdos told a press conference on Saturday morning. https://etasr.sk/article/23473945 Bratislava, 4 July (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini cast his vote in the Saturday referendum in the village of Kraliky (Banska Bystrica region), TASR has learnt from the President's Office's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/23474559 Bratislava, 4 July (TASR) - The Police Corps is ensuring the maintenance of public order, the safety of citizens, and the smooth conduct of voting in Saturday's referendum throughout Slovakia, Police Corps Presidium spokesman Roman Hajek told TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23474672 Bratislava, 4 July (TASR) – In a situation where the world order has collapsed and military force has become the only rule, small countries such as Slovakia must act in a very pragmatic and rational way, focusing on dialogue and a foreign policy in all four cardinal directions, Prime Minister Robert Fico said in an interview for TASR TV, adding that he is a prime minister with direct ties to both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. https://etasr.sk/article/23474886 Nitra, 4 July (TASR) - Father Ivan Ruzicka will be the new Secretary General of the Slovak Bishops Conference (KBS) in the next five-year term, with the decision being made by KBS at its 114th plenary session, ending in Nitra on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/23474966 Bratislava, 4 July (TASR) - The so-far course of Saturday's referendum is calm, everything is running smoothly, State Electoral Commission chairman Eduard Burda told a news conference on Saturday. https://etasr.sk/article/23475205 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. ko