SUMMARY - Wednesday, 2 September 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 2 September (TASR) - The zoning of national parks prepared by the Environment Ministry is without flaws, and the only problematic sections concern three national parks, the zoning of which was carried out by former environment minister Jan Budaj and former deputy environment minister Michal Kica, Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (SNS nominee) declared on Wednesday. Kuty/Bratislava, 2 September (TASR) - An incident occurred at Kuty (Bratislava region) railway station at 12:03 p.m. on Wednesday, with tail traffic on the Kuty - state border - Kuty section currently operating in both directions only on the second track, spokesperson of the railway infrastructure owner ZSR Petra Lanikova told TASR on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23667785 Bratislava, 2 September (TASR) - The Transport Ministry has rejected the procedure followed by Slovak Post, which refused to provide MP Igor Janckulik (KDH) with information on the salaries, bonuses and other financial benefits of its senior employees, opposition's KDH party reported on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23667760 Nitra/Bratislava, 2 September (TASR) - The 51st edition of the international agricultural and food exhibition Agrokomplex combines tradition with innovation and aims to attract as many young people as possible to agriculture, Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) stated at the official opening of this year's Agrokomplex exhibition in Nitra on Wednesday . https://etasr.sk/article/23667691 Bratislava/Nitra, 2 September (TASR) - Slovakia needs to bolster its food self-sufficiency while systematically preparing for the consequences of drought, which poses an increasingly serious threat to domestic agriculture, President Peter Pellegrini declared on Wednesday at the ceremonial opening of the 51st Agrokomplex 2026 international agricultural and food exhibition in Nitra. https://etasr.sk/article/23667631 Bratislava, 2 September (TASR) - Slovakia's state budget recorded a deficit of €3.675 billion at the end of August 2026, down by €629.3 million, or 14.6 percent, from the deficit recorded in August last year, the Finance Ministry posted on its website on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23667621 Brussels/Bratislava, 2 September (TASR-correspondent) - The European Commission is aware of the situation in Slovakia, where a decision has been taken to establish only one wind energy acceleration zone instead of eight, with Education Minister Tomas Drucker (Voice-SD) clarifying in Brussels on Wednesday that Slovakia has done what it agreed with the European Commission to do under the Recovery and Resilience Plan, TASR learnt from its special correspondent on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23667602 Banska Bystrica/Bratislava, 2 September (TASR) - Former director of the Financial Administration's Criminal Office (KUFS) Ludovit Mako described at Wednesday's main hearing in the Purgatory case how state authorities allegedly sought in the past, under the Smer-SD government, to discredit political opponents of the party. https://etasr.sk/article/23667545 Michalovce/Bratislava, 2 September (TASR) - A two-day national civil protection and crisis management exercise, called 'Shadows in the Clouds', has begun in eastern Slovakia on Wednesday, aimed to test the response of the state, emergency services and security forces to special emergency events, including a drone attack, a mass-casualty incident and an airspace violation. https://etasr.sk/article/23667416 Bratislava, 2 September (TASR) - Opposition's SaS party calls for the Convention establishing the International Claims Commission for Ukraine to be submitted to the next session of the Slovak Parliament and subsequently ratified by President Peter Pellegrini, party spokesperson Ondrej Sprlak told TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23667389 Bratislava/Nitra, 2 September (TASR) - Farmers are seeing their fields dry out and yields fall, while they have been waiting for years for functioning irrigation systems, and Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) brought them a solution at Wednesday's grandly titled government "agro-session" in Nitra — he will set up another commission, opposition MP Veronika Remisova (Slovakia-For the People) pointed out on Wednesday, adding that the cabinet has allocated zero euros for the actual restoration of irrigation systems. https://etasr.sk/article/23667387 Bratislava, 2 September (TASR) - Opposition's SaS party calls for the Convention establishing the International Claims Commission for Ukraine to be submitted to the next session of the Slovak Parliament and subsequently ratified by President Peter Pellegrini, party spokesperson Ondrej Sprlak told TASR on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23667353 Bratislava, 2 September (TASR) - The support for the agricultural sector announced by the government on Wednesday is neither systemic nor cost-effective, Progressive Slovakia (PS) expert Peter Horny warned at a press conference on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23667295 Novaky/Bratislava, 2 September (TASR) - A new Hyundai Mobis Slovakia plant in Novaky for the production of integrated electric powertrain officially opened on Wednesday in the presence of Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) and Economy Minister Denisa Sakova (Voice-SD). https://etasr.sk/article/23667294 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. 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