SUMMARY - Tuesday, 15 September 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini urges people to choose compassion over division and solidarity over indifference, making the appeal on social media on the occasion of Tuesday's Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows, the patron saint of Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/23716949 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - Japanese investor Nippon Steel's entry into U. S. Steel Kosice is good news for the future of industry and jobs in eastern Slovakia, opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party stated on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23716941 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) held a traditional meeting on Tuesday at the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs with heads of diplomatic missions accredited to Slovakia ahead of the upcoming 81st session of the UN General Assembly in New York, presenting Slovakia's priorities for the forthcoming UN talks, with the country's bid for a non-permanent seat on the UN Security Council for 2028-2029 as the main topic, TASR learnt from the ministry's press department on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23716929 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - Members of Parliament are due to debate no-confidence motions against Economy Minister Denisa Sakova and Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (both Voice-SD) on Wednesday (16 September), as House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) has convened special emergency sessions for that day to discuss the motions. https://etasr.sk/article/23716904 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - The first meeting of the National Commission for Water and Drought took place at the Government Office on Tuesday, attended by Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD), Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD), Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (SNS nominee), and Investment, Regional Development and Informatics Minister Samuel Migal (independent), TASR learnt from the Government's Office press department on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23716874 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - Opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party plans to submit a motion to Parliament seeking the removal of Jaroslav Klatik from the Judicial Council over allegations of plagiarism, PS MP Zuzana Stevulova announced on Tuesday, calling on MPs to support the motion. https://etasr.sk/article/23716847 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - The governing coalition has failed to handle even such a simple matter as changing the status of a public holiday, and instead of supporting the economy, which was the original aim, it's created chaos for employees, companies, schools and the health-care sector, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) leader Branislav Groehling declared in Parliament on Tueday. https://etasr.sk/article/23716840 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) confirmed that his company Kallan Consulting previously provided services to Army Trade, a company belonging to the CSG group of Czech arms manufacturer Michal Strnad, but, according to Kalinak, the cooperation ended at the end of 2023. https://etasr.sk/article/23716824 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - Opposition's SaS party criticises the junior coalition SNS party for allowing a parliamentary session to open and proceed. https://etasr.sk/article/23716756 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - The government has failed to put forward proposals for the current session of the House that would help Slovak people, opposition's KDH leader Milan Majersky declared on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23716706 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - Opposition Progressive Slovakia (PS) party plans to submit a motion to Parliament seeking the removal of Jaroslav Klatik from the Judicial Council over allegations of plagiarism, PS MP Zuzana Stevulova announced on Tuesday, calling on MPs to support the motion. https://etasr.sk/article/23716665 Bratislava, 15 September (TASR) - Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (an SNS nominee) in a social media post on Tuesday stated that he'd consider his dismissal from his post to be the most bizarre turn of events, given the successes that his team has achieved at the ministry. https://etasr.sk/article/23716504 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