SUMMARY - Sunday, 5 July 2026 - 3 p.m.

Bratislava, 5 July (TASR) - The State Electoral Commission on Sunday morning confirmed that the Saturday's (4 July) referendum failed, on account of the low voter turnout of 16.13 percent. The participation of more than 50 percent of voters was needed. https://etasr.sk/article/23478582 Bratislava, 5 July (TASR) - The course of Saturday's (4 July) referendum in Slovakia was calm, Police Corps Vice-president Rastislav Polakovic told a news conference on Sunday, adding that the police recorded no incidents that would disrupt public order or hinder the conduct of the referendum in any way. https://etasr.sk/article/23478622 Bratislava, 5 July (TASR) - The Statistics Office processed the results of Saturday's (4 July) referendum without any complications or incidents, its chairman Martin Nemky told a news conference on Sunday, adding that the entire process of counting the results, from the first precinct record up to the national summary record, took three hours and 11 minutes. https://etasr.sk/article/23478671 Bratislava, 5 July (TASR) - It is sad that the initiators of the referendum, instead of admitting their failure, are looking for blame everywhere, except in themselves, President Peter Pellegrini told TASR on Sunday in response to the outcome of Saturday's (4 July) referendum, adding that he had to call the referendum in line with the Slovak Constitution and applicable laws. https://etasr.sk/article/23478731 Bratislava, 5 July (TASR) - Interior Minister and coalition Voice-SD leader Matus Sutaj Estok views Saturday's (4 July) referendum as a fiasco, calling on its initiators, the extra-parliamentary Democrats party to apologise and cover its costs. https://etasr.sk/article/23478766 Bratislava, 5 July (TASR) - Voter turnout in the referendum isn't much of success, but it is not a debacle either, as it is comparable to referendums held in the past, extra-parliamentary Democrats leader Jaroslav Nad said on JOJ 24's discussion programme 'Politika 24' (Politics 24) on Sunday https://etasr.sk/article/23478799 Bratislava, 5 July (TASR) - Premier Robert Fico (Smer-SD) didn't take part in Saturday's (4 July) referendum, describing it as understandable, as one of the questions was targeted directly against him. Despite this, Fico didn't campaign against the referendum, since he respects it as the highest form of direct democracy. https://etasr.sk/article/23478863 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