SUMMARY - Monday, 14 September 2026 - 9.15 p.m.

Bratislava, 14 September (TASR) - The coalition has reached an agreement on opening the September parliamentary session on Tuesday (15 September), and on the agenda for the session, the Government Office has reported following a meeting of the coalition council. https://etasr.sk/article/23713678 Bratislava, 14 September (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini on Monday requested, in accordance with the law, that Parliament should allow him to speak to a plenary session with a State of the Republic address, TASR was told by the President's Office on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23713664 Bratislava/Banska Bystrica, 14 September (TASR) - The Matej Bel University (UMB) in Banska Bystrica has distanced itself from any form of plagiarism or unethical academic conduct on the part of its staff, TASR has learnt in connection with a case concerning the academic work of lecturers at the UMB Faculty of Law, who are alleged to have passed off a student's work as their own academic output. https://etasr.sk/article/23713619 Bratislava, 14 September (TASR) - In a changing international environment, Slovakia needs experts who understand the new geopolitical challenges and are able to promote Slovakia's interests across the public administration, Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) stated at the opening of the sixth year of the Stefan Osusky Summer School of Diplomacy. https://etasr.sk/article/23713853 Bratislava, 14 September (TASR) - The coalition Voice-SD party is calling for support for proposals put forward by its ministers and MPs in Parliament, arguing that these proposals are aimed at supporting families and protecting young people, party leader Matus Sutaj Estok and other party members told a press conference on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23713747 Bratislava, 14 September (TASR) - Each of the governing parties has set out its priorities for the preparation of the state budget, which it intends to discuss at Monday's coalition council meeting, Voice-SD leader and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok stated at a press conference on Monday, adding that his party's priorities include support for families, pay rises for police officers and the completion of hospital construction projects. https://etasr.sk/article/23713682 Bratislava, 14 September (TASR) - A pilot expert discussion on the functioning of the Arts Support Fund (FPU) took place at the Culture Ministry on Monday, reported director of the ministry's communications department Petra Demkova, adding that representatives of the cultural community were joined in the discussion by Ministry State Secretary Tibor Bernatak, head of the ministry's arts, creativity, media and copyright department Peter Bencurik, and other Culture Ministry officials. https://etasr.sk/article/23713951 Bratislava, 14 September (TASR) - As of the end of August this year, Slovakia had utilised €2.74 billion of the total of €12.79 billion currently available from EU funds, the Finance Ministry reported on Monday, adding that this represented a drawing rate of 21.44 percent, which was 1.01 percentage points (p.p.) higher than in the previous month. https://etasr.sk/article/23713912 Bratislava, 14 September (TASR) - Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) has once again failed to provide farmers with the real help that they urgently need following a difficult and dry summer, Peter Horny, who is responsible for agriculture in the opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party, stated on Monday in response to Takac's briefing regarding the disbursement of EU funds to farmers, claiming that the minister should present additional new sources of funding for the agricultural sector. https://etasr.sk/article/23713775 Liptovsky Mikulas, 14 September (TASR) - The Visegrad Four (V4: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) parliamentary committees responsible for finance and the budget discussed consolidation, combating tax evasion, the use of EU funds and links with the EU at a meeting held in the Liptov area on Monday, V4 representatives told a press briefing in Liptovsky Mikulas (Zilina region) on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23713699 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