SUMMARY - Tuesday, 1 September 2026 - 9.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - Foreign and European Affairs Ministry considers claims by the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) party that the government's decision concerning the establishment of the International Claims Commission for Ukraine was influenced by threats from another country to be fabricated, unfounded and false, the ministry's press department told TASR on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23664720 Banska Bystrica/Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - Chair of the far-right non-parliamentary LSNS party Marian Kotleba will stand for governor of the Banska Bystrica region in this autumn's local elections while also running for the post of the city mayor, TASR learnt from the party's spokesperson Rastislav Schlosar on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23664658 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) rejects claims by opposition party SaS that the government has withdrawn from its agenda a document concerning the International Claims Commission for Ukraine, saying that the cabinet has only suspended the discussion and will decide on the convention in the coming days. https://etasr.sk/article/23664425 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - Progressive Slovakia (PS) chair Michal Simecka on Tuesday wished the government, on the occasion of Constitution Day, to respect the Constitution and not treat it as a 'tear-off calendar' or a campaign weapon. https://etasr.sk/article/23664117 Bratislava, 1 September (TASR) - Russia reportedly warned Slovak diplomats as early as on 10 July that it would consider it to be a hostile act if Slovakia signed the convention setting up the International Claims Commission for Ukraine, opposition party Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) stated on Tuesday, citing information that it's obtained about possible direct Russian influence on the decision-making of Prime Minister Robert Fico's (Smer-SD) government. https://etasr.sk/article/23664028 Presov, 1 September (TASR) - A foreign national accused of the particularly serious crime of endangering public safety at the preparatory stage won't be remanded in custody, the judge presiding over the preliminary proceedings at Presov District Court decided on Tuesday, TASR has been told by spokesperson for Presov Regional Court Ivana Petrufova. https://etasr.sk/article/23663997 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