SUMMARY - Wednesday, 30 September 2026 - 9 p.m.

Bratislava, 30 September (TASR) - Foreign and European Affairs Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) will visit Montenegro on Thursday and Friday (1-2 October), scheduled to make the trip together with Austrian Minister for European and International Affairs Beate Meinl-Reisinger and Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka as part of the Austerlitz Format (S3: Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia), TASR learnt from the foreign ministry press department on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23773436 Zilina/Bratislava, 30 September (TASR) - Railway traffic through the Zilina junction is operating under emergency measures after signalling equipment was damaged in a fire at Zilina railway station on Wednesday, TASR learnt from spokesperson of the railway infrastructure operator ZSR Petra Lanikova on the same day. https://etasr.sk/article/23773400 Bratislava, 30 September (TASR) - Parliament began debating on Wednesday afternoon a bill, sponsored by the Education Ministry, aimed at protecting young people from radicalisation. https://etasr.sk/article/23773379 Bratislava, 30 September (TASR) - Slovakia's economy is expected to grow by 0.9 percent this year, according to the average of the latest September forecasts by analysts from selected banks, published monthly by the Slovak Central Bank (NBS). https://etasr.sk/article/23773359 Bratislava, 30 September (TASR) - The criminal prosecution of judge Denise Cvikova for the offence of accepting a bribe has been definitively halted, as there are sufficient grounds to conclude that she did not commit the offence, the Judicial Council's Office reported on its website on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23773338 Bratislava, 30 September (TASR) - The House Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee failed to discuss the state of criminal prosecutions and investigations into criminal and other anti-social activity on Wednesday after it was not quorate, with too few MPs attending its special emergency session. https://etasr.sk/article/23773313 Bratislava, 30 September (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD) is ready to work with the junior coalition SNS party to finalise the appointment of the new environment minister, Smer-SD told TASR following a meeting of its party leadership on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23773262 Bratislava, 30 September (TASR) - The leadership of the Smer-SD coalition party is meeting at the Government Office in Bratislava on Wednesday evening, with the meeting convened in response to the fact that the opposition, together with almost all MPs from the coalition SNS parliamentary caucus, ousted Environment Minister Tomas Taraba in Parliament on Tuesday (29 September). https://etasr.sk/article/23773013 Bratislava, 30 September (TASR) - Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-SD), tasked by President Peter Pellegrini to head the Environment Ministry in a temporary capacity, will visit the ministry on Thursday (1 October), TASR was informed by the Government Office's press department on Wednesday. https://etasr.sk/article/23773001 Bratislava, 30 September (TASR) - I will never block Parliament, as that is the most primitive thing that lawmakers can do, former environment minister Tomas Taraba stated at the Presidential Palace on Wednesday after President Peter Pellegrini dismissed him from office. https://etasr.sk/article/23772973 Bratislava, 30 September (TASR) - The government shouldn't be taking major decisions, such as allocating almost €190 million to buy CEZ's stake in Slovak Nuclear Energy Company (JESS), when it's uncertain whether it even enjoys the confidence of Parliament, opposition politicians from Progressive Slovakia (PS) and Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) declared at separate press conferences on Wednesday, arguing that early elections are the only solution. https://etasr.sk/article/23772930 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