SUMMARY - Wednesday, 8 July 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava, 8 July (TASR) - House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) has said that he fears that calling another election of candidates for Constitutional Court judges without a broader political agreement would produce the same outcome as previous attempts, reiterating that, in the case of a political agreement, he is ready to announce an election immediately. Bratislava, 8 July (TASR) - Slovakia's foreign trade surpluses aren't expected to grow in the coming months and will be driven down by weak external demand and the low level of competitiveness among domestic exporters, partly due to a worsened domestic business environment, UniCredit Bank analyst Lubomir Korsnak stated in his commentary on foreign trade balance data for May published by the Statistics Office on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23491510 Kosice/Bratislava, 8 July - An investigation into alleged investment fraud involving international financial markets and crypto-assets has been concluded, with a prosecutor from the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Kosice filing an indictment against two individuals and two legal entities with the Specialised Criminal Court in Pezinok, Regional Prosecutor's Office spokeswoman Jarmila Janova has told TASR. https://etasr.sk/article/23491504 Brussels/Bratislava, 8 July (TASR) - The European Commission (EC) on Wednesday announced that it ended the infringement procedure against Slovakia launched in January 2026 due to amendments to whistleblower protection legislation after the law on transforming the Whistleblower Protection Office (UOO) into a new authority was repealed. https://etasr.sk/article/23491293 Paris, 8 July (TASR) - Slovakia needs urgently to address serious deficiencies in its framework for fighting foreign bribery, according to the latest evaluation report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions. https://etasr.sk/article/23491210 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