SUMMARY - Wednesday, 8 July 2026 - 9.45 p.m.

Bratislava, 8 July (TASR) - The opposition's Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) and Progressive Slovakia (PS) parties have welcomed the conclusions of the NATO summit in Ankara on defence investment, TASR learnt on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23492563 Ankara/Bratislava, 8 July (TASR-correspondent) - The NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, was constructive and demonstrated the Alliance's unity, President Peter Pellegrini declared after the meeting of allied leaders on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23492547 Ankara/Bratislava, 8 July (TASR-correspondent) - NATO summits do not have to be held every year and could instead be organised once every two years, President Peter Pellegrini told reporters after a summit in Ankara, Turkey. https://etasr.sk/article/23492530 Bratislava, 8 July (TASR) - Slovakia's Justice Ministry has submitted a series of proposed amendments to the annex on the Pathogen Access and Benefit-Sharing System (PABS) to the WHO pandemic agreement during international negotiations, with the proposals intended to strengthen legal certainty, biosafety, transparency, traceability and risk management in the global exchange of pathogens with pandemic potential, the ministry's press department told TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23492436 Bratislava, 8 July (TASR) - Slovakia had drawn €2.45 billion from European Union funds allocated for the 2021-2027 programming period by the end of June this year, representing 19.14 percent of the total allocation, which amounts to a month-on-month absorption increase by 0.91 percentage points, the Finance Ministry reported on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23492315 Bratislava, 8 July - Slovakia's National Drug Unit, part of the Police Corps Presidium, in cooperation with law enforcement partners from the Czech Republic and Ukraine, has dismantled an international drug trafficking group as part of an operation codenamed Leo, while uncovering also the group's links to the Netherlands, Police Corps Presidium spokesperson Roman Hajek told TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23492148 Bratislava, 8 July (TASR) - Slovakia and India aim to build on the dynamic development of their bilateral relations by further strengthening their partnership in both political and economic areas, Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar said after meeting Indian Ambassador to Slovakia Apoorva Srivastava on Tuesday (7 July) at the conclusion of her diplomatic mission in Bratislava. https://etasr.sk/article/23491922 Ankara, 8 July (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini has held a bilateral meeting with his Finnish counterpart Alexander Stubb to discuss defence, the defence industry and innovation, Pellegrini announced on social media, adding that he expressed his pleasure that both countries are also making progress in connection with Patria armoured vehicles. https://etasr.sk/article/23491853 Bratislava, 8 July (TASR) - The Environment Ministry respects and welcomes the Bratislava District Office's decision to uphold the prosecutor's protests in the case involving environmental damage at the site of the Istrochem chemical plant in Bratislava, the ministry's communications department has told TASR, pointing out that the ministry wasn't a party to the proceedings. https://etasr.sk/article/23491789 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