SUMMARY - Tuesday, 29 September 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini promoted five brigadier generals to the rank of major general and also raised six colonels to the military rank of brigadier general at a ceremony held at the Presidential Palace on Tuesday. Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - Slovakia's economy is expected to grow by 0.8 percent this year, while next year's growth should accelerate to 1.8 percent, according to the Finance Ministry's September macroeconomic forecast published on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23769656 Prague/Bratislava, 29 September (TASR-correspondent) - The Czech and Slovak governments will hold another joint session in Bratislava on 10 November, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis announced on Tuesday during a speech at a special emergency session of the Czech Parliament. https://etasr.sk/article/23769494 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) has been humiliated, opposition 'Slovakia' party leader Igor Matovic said following Parliament's no-confidence vote against Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee), adding that he doesn't expect a snap election, while 'For the People' party leader Veronika Remisova described the situation as the government falling apart in real time. https://etasr.sk/article/23769437 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - The main coalition Smer-SD party will convene a party leadership meeting on Wednesday (30 September) to decide the next course of action following the ouster of Tomas Taraba (a SNS nominee) from the post of deputy prime minister and environment minister by Parliament on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23769413 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - MP Jan Mazgut (Smer-SD) does not believe there is any resentment within coalition party Smer-SD towards SNS leader Andrej Danko over his support for the motion to remove Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (an SNS nominee). https://etasr.sk/article/23769400 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - President Peter Pellegrini will officially dismiss Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a SNS nominee) from office on Wednesday (30 September), TASR learnt from the President's Office on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23769387 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - The dismissal of Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) by Parliament is proof that the governing coalition has collapsed, the representatives of the opposition Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) said in response to the vote in Parliament, adding that the government has lost its parliamentary majority and cannot continue as before. https://etasr.sk/article/23769373 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - It is absolutely misguided to speak of a breach of the coalition agreement when it concerns the party's own nominee, SNS parliamentary caucus leader Roman Michelko declared after a vote on the dismissal of Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a SNS nominee) on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23769369 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - Tomas Taraba, who was dismissed as environment minister by Parliament on Tuesday evening, thanked his family, friends and the people for the strong support he had received as minister. https://etasr.sk/article/23769337 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - Parliament ousted Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a Slovak National Party/SNS nominee) with 77 votes on Tuesday evening, with all 77 MPs present in the chamber voting in favour of his dismissal and 73 MPs absent. https://etasr.sk/article/23769290 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - An early election is the only recourse in the situation that has arisen, Progressive Slovakia (PS) leader Michal Simecka declared in response to Tuesday's parliamentary dismissal of Tomas Taraba (a SNS nominee) as environment minister. https://etasr.sk/article/23769287 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a SNS nominee), who was dismissed by Parliament on Tuesday evening, should have resigned for the good of the country, yet instead the House had to remove him from office, KDH leader Milan Majersky declared after the no-confidence vote. https://etasr.sk/article/23769256 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - Part of the governing coalition took a dangerous path today by handing real power to the opposition, the coalition's Voice-SD party declared in response to Parliament's dismissal of Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a SNS nominee) on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23769197 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - Parliamentary vice-chair and leader of the junior coalition SNS party Andrej Danko rejects allegations that he's cooperating with the opposition over the removal of Environment inister Tomas Taraba (a SNS nominee), underlining that he does not want to disrupt cooperation within the coalition. https://etasr.sk/article/23769140 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - MPs rejected junior coalition Voice-SD party's proposal that Parliament should begin debating a government bill on protection against the radicalisation of young people as early as on Tuesday, as the proposal did not receive sufficient support from MPs, TASR reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23769130 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - The opposition does not want to unnecessarily prolong the debate on the dismissal of Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a SNS nominee) in Parliament, representatives of the opposition parliamentary caucuses told the media after a procedural motion was approved to begin the dismissal process. https://etasr.sk/article/23769125 Vysoke Tatry, 29 September (TASR) - Ministers of the Visegrad Four (V4) countries (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) agreed at a meeting in the High Tatras on Tuesday that strong regions and the EU's eastern border are key to a competitive Europe, with Slovak Investment Minister Samuel Migal (Independent) stressing that discussions on cohesion policy after 2027 must be based on the actual needs and potential of regions, TASR reported on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23769068 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - Lawmakers will debate an opposition motion to dismiss Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (a SNS nominee) on Tuesday evening. https://etasr.sk/article/23768984 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) held talks in Bratislava on Tuesday with his German counterpart Johann David Wadephul on bilateral relations, trade and cooperation within NATO, the ministers told a joint press conference following the talks, adding that the situations in Ukraine and the Middle East were also on the agenda. https://etasr.sk/article/23768974 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - MPs observed a minute's silence to honour the victims of Tuesday's tragedy at the primary school in the village of Staskov (Zilina region). https://etasr.sk/article/23768967 Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - If Parliament proceeds with a vote on the dismissal of Environment Minister Tomas Taraba (an SNS nominee), MPs from Voice-SD will not take part in the vote, House chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) declared in a statement on Tuesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23768915 Bratislava/Staskov, 29 September (TASR) - The opposition 'Slovakia' party has expressed its sincere condolences to the family and loved ones of the victim of Tuesday's attack at a primary school in Staskov (Zilina region), and it's called on the relevant authorities to provide a transparent account of the attacker's behaviour prior to the incident. https://etasr.sk/article/23768906 Staskov, 29 September (TASR) - An eighth-grade pupil carried out the knife attack at the primary school in the village of Staskov in Cadca district (Zilina region) after the first lesson of the day on Tuesday, Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) stated at a press conference in Staskov on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23768905 Staskov/Bratislava, 29 September (TASR) - I'm calling on House Chair Richard Rasi (Voice-SD) to put a bill addressing protection against the radicalisation of young people on Parliament's agenda as early as on Tuesday evening, stated Interior Minister Matus Sutaj Estok (Voice-SD) at a briefing in Staskov (Zilina region), where a pupil carried out an attack at a primary school on Tuesday morning, killing one person and injuring two others. https://etasr.sk/article/23768878 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. 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