SUMMARY - Thursday, 9 July 2026 - 5 p.m.

Bratislava/Blatne, 9 July (TASR) - The police are investigating an armed robbery that took place at a petrol station in the village of Blatne (Bratislava region) shortly before 2:00 am on Thursday, Bratislava regional police spokesperson Michal Szeiff told TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23494388 Bratislava, 9 July (TASR) - Trencin District Court ruled on Thursday that MP Michal Bartek (Voice-SD) must apologise to the group of police officers centred around Jan Curilla, as well as to their lawyer Peter Kubina, for statements that he's made about them, TASR has learnt from Bartek's video on social media. https://etasr.sk/article/23494320 Bratislava, 9 July (TASR) - State energy assistance is also being directed to supply points that aren't used for actual residential purposes, including garages and other non-residential premises, according to Monika Jankovicova, chair of civil association Energy Ombudsman. https://etasr.sk/article/23494256 Bratislava, 9 July (TASR) - The opposition Freedom and Solidarity (Sa)S party has highlighted problems with the roll-out and functioning of the Cyril app, designed to allow travellers in Slovakia to use multiple modes of public transport using a single ticket. https://etasr.sk/article/23494213 Paris, 9 July (TASR) - Health Minister Kamil Sasko (Voice-SD) has been engaged in long-term talks with the leadership of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on key changes to Slovakia's health-care system, and he also spoke at the OECD forum in Paris on Wednesday (8 July), TASR has learnt from the Health Ministry's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/23494128 Medzilaborce, 9 July (TASR) - Interior Ministry State Secretary and Presov region councillor Michal Kalinak will run for mayor of the town of Medzilaborce in Presov region in the autumn municipal elections. https://etasr.sk/article/23494072 Bratislava, 9 July (TASR) - Sentiment among industrial companies is being dragged down mainly by large stocks of finished products, said UniCredit Bank analyst Lubomir Korsnak in a commentary on the industrial output data for May 2026 published by the Statistics Office on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23494054 Bratislava, July 9 (TASR) - The Cyril/NICL (National Integrated Travel Ticket) platform, which is designed to allow passengers to purchase a single ticket for travel on multiple modes of public transit in Slovakia, has been in controlled commercial operation since 1 July, with the application currently available in a web-based version at www.cyril.sk, which is fully functional and accessible, Transport Ministry spokesperson Petra Polacikova told TASR on Thursday. https://etasr.sk/article/23494027 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