SUMMARY - Wednesday, 23 September 2026 - 9 p.m.

New York/Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - EU foreign ministers met representatives of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) in New York on Wednesday on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, with Slovakia represented by Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD), TASR learnt from the ministry's press department on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23743094 New York/Bratislava, 23 September (TASR-correspondent) – Deliberate attacks on civilians in Ukraine must stop immediately, with diplomacy being the only responsible way to end the conflict and create the conditions for a lasting political settlement, President Peter Pellegrini declared on Wednesday at a UN Security Council meeting in New York devoted to the war in Ukraine. https://etasr.sk/article/23743075 Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - The coalition's SNS party is expected to withdraw its amendment to the draft of the new Civil Code, parliamentary vice-chair Tibor Gaspar (Smer-SD) announced in the parliamentary chamber on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23743022 Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - Opposition Christian Democrats (KDH) welcome a decision by the Constitutional Court, which rejected a petition by a group of MPs seeking to have parts of the Family Act and other laws concerning marriage declared unconstitutional. https://etasr.sk/article/23743008 Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - The junior coalition party Voice-SD has opposed the transaction tax from the outset and supports its abolition, yet the issue has not been settled within the coalition, with one option begin that the tax will remain in place until next year, Voice-SD parliamentary caucus leader Robert Puci stated in Parliament on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23742996 Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - Four opposition MPs in Parliament are to apologise for remarks they made in the chamber, with the decision taken by the House ethics committee at its session on Wednesday, where it considered several disciplinary proceedings. https://etasr.sk/article/23742978 Bratislava, 23 September (TASR) - The governing coalition on Wednesday rejected at the House Economic Affairs Committee session a proposal for a parliamentary inspection at the Economy Ministry, as well as a proposal to discuss the state of the country's gas storage facilities, and this shows that while the government talks extensively about energy security, it blocks debate when it has to explain its own appointments or the level of gas reserves, opposition MP Karol Galek (SaS) pointed out after the committee meeting. https://etasr.sk/article/23742854 New York/Bratislava, 23 September (TASR-correspondent) - The Council of Europe must be strong and effective so that it can deliver concrete results in protecting democracy, human rights and the rule of law, President Peter Pellegrini stated after meeting Council of Europe Secretary General Alain Berset at the premises of the Permanent Mission of Slovakia to the UN in New York on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23742734 New York/Bratislava, 23 September (TASR-correspondent) – Slovakia will never recognise Russia's illegal annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea, and Ukraine's sovereignty as well as territorial integrity within its internationally recognised borders must be fully respected, President Peter Pellegrini declared at a meeting of the Crimea Platform in New York attended by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23742699 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