SUMMARY - Monday, 28 September 2026 - 10.30 p.m.

Bratislava, 28 September (TASR) - Independent MP Jana Bitto Ciganikova, who will stand for Parliament on the candidate list of the extra-parliamentary 'We Are Family and Team Sulik' party, has said that she won't vote for the dismissal of Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee). https://etasr.sk/article/23765444 Bratislava, 28 September (TASR) - The government will hold an away-from-home session in the village of Uhrovec (Trencin region) on Wednesday (30 September), focusing on the development of the districts of Povazska Bystrica, Nove Mesto nad Vahom, Myjava and Banovce nad Bebravou and on their shared needs and specific aspects, TASR learnt from the Government Office's press and information department on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23765613 High Tatras, 28 September (TASR) - European Commission (EC) Executive Vice-president for Cohesion and Reforms Raffaele Fitto is due to attend a meeting of ministers from the Visegrad Group (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) at Strbske Pleso in the High Tatra mountains on Monday, TASR has learnt from Katarina Touquet Jaremova from the press department of the EC Representation in Slovakia. https://etasr.sk/article/23765715 Brussels, 28 September (TASR-correspondent) - Following a meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries Council held in Brussels on Monday, Agriculture Minister Richard Takac (Smer-SD) said that Slovakia helped push through talks aimed at helping European farmers exposed to the adverse effects of drought this year, TASR has learnt from its special correspondent in Brussels. https://etasr.sk/article/23765774 Mlynceky, 28 September (TASR) - The Christian Democrats (KDH) are calling on the Environment Ministry and the state-owned Slovak Water Management Company (SVP) to publish the deadline for the repair of two water reservoirs in the village of Mlynceky near Kezmarok (Presov region), as one them has been drained for two years, while the other is leaking and becoming overgrown, KDH representatives told a press conference in Mlynceky on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23765926 Bratislava, 28 September (TASR) - The case involving liability for environmental damage at the site of the Istrochem chemical plant in Bratislava will go back to the beginning, as the Environment Ministry rejected appeals filed by the plant's current owner Istrochem Reality, TASR learnt from the ministry on Monday. https://etasr.sk/article/23766315 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. jrg