SUMMARY - Friday, 4 September 2026 - 9 p.m.

Sofia, 4 September (TASR-correspondent) - Premier Robert Fico was accompanied on his official visit to Bulgaria on Friday by Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar and Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (all Smer-SD), with Blanar stating that Slovakia, which currently holds the presidency of the Visegrad Group (V4: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia), has offered Bulgaria cooperation with the V4 at various levels. https://etasr.sk/article/23674681 Nitra, 4 September (TASR) - The impact of this year's extreme drought, combined with the Europe-wide dairy crisis, was a key topic addressed by the agriculture and food authorities of the V4 (Visegrad Four) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia) at a joint two-day meeting in Nitra. https://etasr.sk/article/23674152 Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) - Growth in the Slovak economy will remain subdued throughout the year and it will be held back primarily by domestic fiscal consolidation, analyst at UniCredit Bank Lubomir Korsnak stated in a commentary on the second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) figures published by the Statistics Office, adding that unlike last year, public investment will no longer provide significant support to the economy. https://etasr.sk/article/23674449 Warsaw, 4 September (TASR-correspondent) - Slovakia will be able to share in the computing capacity of Poland's artificial intelligence gigafactory, should it be built, TASR has learnt from its special correspondent in Warsaw, who referred to the PAP news agency. https://etasr.sk/article/23674214 Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) - Slovakia Travel, the national organisation for the promotion of tourism, held talks in Bratislava on Friday with the organisers of the Expo 2030 world exhibition in Riyadh, reported the organisation, adding that the Slovak side was represented by Slovakia Travel director general Matej Fekete, and Slovakia's commissioner general for Expo 2027 Belgrade Lukas Parizek. https://etasr.sk/article/23674569 Bratislava, 4 September (TASR) - The postponement of the next round of the 'Renew the House Mini Plus' programme until January 2027 is unnecessarily holding back the renovation of Slovak homes and, with it, the construction sector, the 'Buildings for the Future' association stated on Friday in response to media reports that the originally announced September deadline had been postponed to January, adding that postponing the deadline without appropriate communication also undermines confidence in the programme. https://etasr.sk/article/23674363 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. am