SUMMARY - Sunday, 4 October 2026 - 9.30 p.m.

Bratislava/Kiev, 4 October (TASR) - Slovakia has joined a joint statement by diplomatic missions in Kiev, which view with concern the threat issued by the Russian Foreign Affairs Ministry against diplomats and foreign nationals in Ukraine, Foreign Minister Juraj Blanar (Smer-SD) announced on Sunday. https://etasr.sk/article/23786989 Bratislava, 4 October (TASR) - The public finance deficit is set to reach 4.94 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) next year, and will be thus higher than this year's deficit, which was originally planned at 4.1 percent; the current forecast stands at 4.37 percent of GDP, according to the draft general government budget for 2027-2029, which the Finance Ministry is to present at the meeting of the Economic and Social Council on Monday (5 October). https://etasr.sk/article/23787718 Bratislava, 4 October (TASR) - Speaking on STVR's discussion programme 'O 5 minut 12' (Five Minutes to Twelve) on Sunday, Defence Minister Robert Kalinak (Smer-SD) and member of the House defence and security committee Juraj Krupa (SaS) disagreed on what is the main guarantor of Slovakia's security. https://etasr.sk/article/23787087 Bratislava, 4 October (TASR) - Branislav Groehling has started using oxymorons, but these are quickly exposed in politics, chairman of the Hungarian Alliance Laszlo Gubik stated in response to remarks made by the Freedom and Solidarity (SaS) leader during a discussion programme on JOJ 24's discussion programme 'Politika 24' (Politics 24), in which he questioned the Alliance's alignment with the values and views of the opposition. https://etasr.sk/article/23787306 Celadice, 4 October (TASR) - An 18-year-old man who threatened a nine-grader outside a primary school in the village of Celadice in Nitra region while holding an axe has been remanded in custody, spokesperson for the Nitra Region Police Tomas Havetta told TASR on Sunday. https://etasr.sk/article/23787887 Staskov, 4 October (TASR) - A judge presiding over preliminary proceedings at the District Court in Zilina, Cadca branch, ordered on Friday (2 October) to remand in custody the mother of the 13-year-old boy suspected of the knife attack at the primary school in Staskov, the Regional Prosecutor's Office in Zilina told TASR on Sunday, adding that the decision is not yet final; the accused has reserved the right to lodge an appeal, while the prosecutor has waived his right to appeal. https://etasr.sk/article/23787217 Bratislava, 4 October (TASR) - Artificial intelligence (AI) is advancing faster than healthcare systems can keep pace with in assessing, monitoring and regulating new technologies, according to a joint report by the European Academies' Science Advisory Council and the Federation of European Academies of Medicine, TASR was told by Slovak Academy of Sciences (SAV) spokesperson Jozef Bednar. https://etasr.sk/article/23787630 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