SUMMARY - Friday, 18 September 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 18 September (TASR) - Estonian slackliner Jaan Roose covered 14.7 kilometres (km) on a slackline in 12 hours in Bratislava on Friday, setting a new world record. https://etasr.sk/article/23725596 Dudince/Bratislava, 18 September (TASR) - Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) has definitively cancelled, following an appeal, the construction of a waste incinerator plant near the spa town of Dudince in Banska Bystrica region, which was intended to process 130,000 tonnes of waste per year, TASR was told by the ministry's communications department on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23725499 Bratislava, 18 September (TASR) - The proportion of available job-seekers of working age within the working-age population stood at 4.04 percent in August this year, falling by three hundredths of a percentage point month-on-month, the Labour, Social Affairs and the Family Centre (UPSVaR) reported on Friday, adding that the figure was 0.19 percentage points higher year-on-year. https://etasr.sk/article/23725350 Wachau, 18 September (TASR) - The benefits of regional cooperation within the Austerlitz Format (S3: Austria, the Czech Republic, Slovakia) must, first and foremost, be felt by the public, Parliamentary Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) stated at the meeting of the heads of parliament of the S3 countries in the Austrian town of Wachau on Friday, TASR was told by the Parliament's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/23725705 Bratislava, 18 September (TASR) - Finance Minister Ladislav Kamenicky (Smer-SD) should disclose the method used to select members of OKTE (Short-Term Electricity Market Organiser) governing bodies, their qualification requirements and the full structure of their remuneration, opposition MP Veronika Remisova ('Slovakia'-'For the People' caucus) has stated in connection with media reports that people with links to politicians from the coalition parties are working at the company. https://etasr.sk/article/23725640 Bratislava, 18 September (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) is undermining Slovakia's credibility by declaring that the country won't allow itself to be dragged into war under Article 5 of the NATO Treaty, the opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) stated on Friday, calling on the premier to retract his remarks and expecting President Peter Pellegrini to clearly distance himself from them, TASR learnt from the KDH's communications department. https://etasr.sk/article/23725561 Kiev, 18 September (TASR) - The integration of the Carpathian region presents an opportunity for Slovakia, Foreign Ministry State Secretary Marek Estok, who led the Slovak delegation at the summit of the newly formed Carpathian Eight (C8) in Ukraine, posted on X on Friday. https://etasr.sk/article/23725421 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